Re: [linux-audio-user] Just look at what you have done!

From: Joshua Boyd <jdboyd@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Sat Aug 26 2006 - 22:46:16 EEST

On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:17:00PM -0400, Rob wrote:

> So if they are calling themselves open source (note: I don't
> think they are) then they would be violating the trademark of
> Eric Raymond and his buddies. On the other hand, I have no idea
> whether the OSI has gone after violators of its trademark the
> way the FSF has gone after GPL violations on software to which
> it holds the copyright. Trademarks can be diluted, as you just
> did ever-so-slightly with your assertion above.

They aren't going after people misusing the term Open Source. I heard
that directly from one of their people when I tried to report a blatant
misuse.

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Joshua D. Boyd
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Received on Sun Aug 27 00:15:01 2006

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