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On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Thomas Vecchione <seablaede@email-addr-hiddenwrote:
> On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Raymond Martin <laseray@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
>>
>> Not at all. There is even evidence in the FSF documentation somewhere
>> exactly
>> about this point and they vehemently disagree with any attitude like that.
>> We
>> all know very well the situation of Emacs, Xemacs, and various other
>> forks.
>>
>
> The FSF is not the law. I suggest you look up Trademark Law to realize why
> you are wrong, and why you are subject to a lawsuit for knowingly creating a
> product that is infringing on an already existing trademark(Regeristered or
> Unregeristered would make a small, but only small, difference in this case),
> and can easily be confused as such. In fact the case against forcing you to
> change it is rather strong because not only is your product nearly identical
> in name, it is nearly identical in function and can be easily confused with
> the original.
>
> Standard disclaimer of I am not a lawyer of course applies.
>
> Seablade
>
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