Re: [sword-devel] Introducing myself, SwordHammer, and asking a ton of questions

2017-12-23 Thread jhphx
On 12/23/2017 7:28 AM, Tom Sullivan wrote:  A rather famous case is where a mobile home (house on wheels) was called "Holiday Rambler." American Motors (now defunct) sued because they had a car called "Rambler." They lost because the products were so unlike one another. It may be worth noting

Re: [sword-devel] Introducing myself, SwordHammer, and asking a ton of questions

2017-12-23 Thread Tom Sullivan
David: Thank you. I never thought of that. However, trying SwordHammer in Startpage, Google, and Bing only bring up a bunch of weird stuff, and only one hit where "SwordHammer" is one word, not two. That hit is a fantasy magazine of some sort. USA trademark law says that in order for there to

Re: [sword-devel] Introducing myself, SwordHammer, and asking a ton of questions

2017-12-23 Thread David Haslam
A Google search for SwordHammer gives lots of higher profile hits. Wondering if Tom's project name is at risk of infringing a registered trademark. Worthwhile exercising due diligence at this early stage. Not too late to rebrand it if there turns out to be a conflict. David Sent from ProtonMai

Re: [sword-devel] Introducing myself, SwordHammer, and asking a ton of questions

2017-12-22 Thread ref...@gmx.net
weird autocorrects. Original Message Subject: [sword-devel] Introducing myself, SwordHammer, and asking a ton of questionsFrom: Tom Sullivan To: sword-devel@crosswire.orgCC: Y’all:This will be a long one, so let me first summarize, then provide details for each section:Personal

[sword-devel] Introducing myself, SwordHammer, and asking a ton of questions

2017-12-22 Thread Tom Sullivan
Y’all: This will be a long one, so let me first summarize, then provide details for each section: Personal Introduction: My name is Tom Sullivan, i...@beforgiven.info. Context of my interest in this forum: I have developed a program, SwordHammer, to translate from WYSIWYG word processor outp

Re: [sword-devel] Introducing myself

2007-07-22 Thread Vivek Varghese Cherian
On 7/22/07, Troy A. Griffitts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Welcome Vivek, Can you provide a little background information and maybe we can suggest something that matches your skills and desires. You can also have a look at: http://crosswire.org/bugs to see a list of outstanding issues.

Re: [sword-devel] Introducing myself

2007-07-21 Thread Troy A. Griffitts
Welcome Vivek, Can you provide a little background information and maybe we can suggest something that matches your skills and desires. You can also have a look at: http://crosswire.org/bugs to see a list of outstanding issues. -Troy. Vivek Varghese Cherian wrote: > Hi, > > I am

[sword-devel] Introducing myself

2007-07-21 Thread Vivek Varghese Cherian
Hi, I am Vivek Varghese Cherian, i use the nick vivekvc on freenode. I would like to contribute to the sword project in the capacity of a developer. I have had a chat with David Overcash (FunnyLookinHat) on #sword. He suggested that I download the code via svn which I have done. I am looking a