These pages are confusing: http://www.torproject.org/docs/trademark-faq.html.en https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/LikelyTMViolators
Please re-consider your standpoint. It's not uncommon to include a part of the name of the original project, into the name of the derivate/based/related project. Out of respect or to show how the projects are affiliated. Official or not. Just examples coming to my mind. git -> github, gitorious Firefox -> Firesheep, FasterFox, PortableFirefox i2p -> i2psnark BitTorrent -> BitBlender Tor -> LASTor eMule -> aMule There are many more. It's sad, that a project encouraging free speech has a restrictive trademark policy. > Current domain names trying to confuse users with fake or poor software. Users are currently emailing us asking for help related to these domains: I wouldn't use fake and poor software in the same sentence. Poor is subjective and may be the result of good intend and low skill, while fake software includes malicious intend, which is much worse. I also don't think tormail fails in the category of poor software or poor service. They are offering squirrelmail and pop, and from my experience, it works reliable. (Not so much for mailing lists.) For being the hidden service they are providing a stable service and I am not sure how they finance the mail exit servers. Yes, I have a tormail account. No, I don't trust tormail just as I don't trust any other mail provider. I don't agree, that tormail is trying to confuse users. I never thought tormail is affiliated with The Tor Project. They have a disclaimer at the bottom of their page and before I think any project is affiliated with the original one, I check that with the original. That is simply common sense. Not doing so is just bad practice and failing into such obvious traps, they will mess up anonymity one way or another anyway. Fighting anyone having the name "Tor" in their software or domain name (I am wondering why TorChat hasn't made it into that list.) is offensive with respect to the work they have done by supporting the original project with their contribution to the ecosystem. And if you want stick with enforcing that policy, please inform projects as you first notice their name, that you preferred a different name. In the beginning it's easier to change the name, they are more likely to do it. It might be initially more workload, but there are not *that* many projects with Tor in their name. Waiting for a long time, then complaining and perhaps getting a attorney involved creates much more workload in the long run. _______________________________________________ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
