Re: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot

2000-09-29 Thread Bradley M. Kuhn
> New Perl Mascot > > Maintainer: David Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 28 Sep 2000 > Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Number: 343 > Version: 1 > Status: Developing I basically agree that we need a mascot, and one that isn't encumbered by a proprietary trademark license. Howeve

RE: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot

2000-09-29 Thread David Grove
CTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 8:20 PM > Subject: RE: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot > > > > On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 23:46:44 -0500, David Grove wrote: > > [RFC 343 v1] > > > > A camel is a ho

Re: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot

2000-09-29 Thread Mike Lacey
Err.. A new version of a popular programming language? - Original Message - From: "Rocco Caputo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 8:20 PM Subject: RE: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot &g

RE: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot

2000-09-29 Thread Chris Nandor
At 14:01 -0500 2000.09.29, Garrett Goebel wrote: >From: Tim Conrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> >> I don't know trademark law, but it seems unlikely that >> O'Reilly can trademark the concept of the camel, or all >> representations of the camel. > >No. They can't trademark the "concept" of the ca

Re: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot

2000-09-29 Thread Bradley M. Kuhn
David Grove wrote: > > =head1 TITLE > > > > New Perl Mascot > > > > =head1 VERSION > > > > Maintainer: David Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 28 Sep 2000 > > Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Number: 343 > > Version: 1 > > Status: Developing > I hope you guys don't mind my placi

Re: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot

2000-09-29 Thread Bradley M. Kuhn
Tim Conrow wrote: > I don't know trademark law, but it seems unlikely that O'Reilly can > trademark the concept of the camel, or all representations of the camel. I checked out the O'Reilly trademark at one point at the USA Trademark and Patent Office site. I don't have time to dig up the resul

RE: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot

2000-09-29 Thread Rocco Caputo
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 23:46:44 -0500, David Grove wrote: [RFC 343 v1] A camel is a horse designed by committee. What do you get when you design a camel by committee? -- Rocco Caputo / [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot

2000-09-29 Thread Garrett Goebel
From: Tim Conrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I don't know trademark law, but it seems unlikely that > O'Reilly can trademark the concept of the camel, or all > representations of the camel. No. They can't trademark the "concept" of the camel. But they _have_ trademarked their camel logo and i

Re: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot

2000-09-29 Thread Tim Conrow
Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote: > =head1 TITLE > > New Perl Mascot > > =head1 ABSTRACT > > Perl has no common symbol usable by the public at large to state to > the world "I am a Perl Programmer, and D**n Proud Of It!" > > =head1 DESCRIPTION > > The symbol that would be commonly used for this is t

RE: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot

2000-09-28 Thread David Grove
On Thursday, September 28, 2000 10:33 PM, Perl6 RFC Librarian [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > This and other RFCs are available on the web at > http://dev.perl.org/rfc/ > > =head1 TITLE > > New Perl Mascot > > =head1 VERSION > > Maintainer: David Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 28 Sep 2

RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot

2000-09-28 Thread Perl6 RFC Librarian
This and other RFCs are available on the web at http://dev.perl.org/rfc/ =head1 TITLE New Perl Mascot =head1 VERSION Maintainer: David Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 28 Sep 2000 Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Number: 343 Version: 1 Status: Developing =head1 ABSTRACT Perl has