Re: GNOME starts campaign to protect its trademarks

[Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756 gmail com>]

On 12/11/2014, Kurt von Finck <kvf gnome org> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 1:59 AM, Tobias Mueller <muelli cryptobitch de>
> wrote:
>
> > GNOME has launched a campaign¹ to raise funds for protecting the GNOME
> > trademarks.
> >
> > Recently, Groupon launched Gnome², a tablet-based point of sale (POS)
> > system that
> > Groupon describes as a “platform” and an “operating system”.
> <snip>
>
> https://engineering.groupon.com/2014/misc/gnome-foundation-and-groupon-product-names/
>
> "UPDATE: After additional conversations with the open source community and
> the Gnome Foundation, we have decided to abandon our pending trademark
> applications for “Gnome.” We will choose a new name for our product going
> forward."
>
> Is this statement from Groupon false?

No, the board can confirm that this is true. You can find our official
confirmation statement at
http://www.gnome.org/news/2014/11/groupon-has-agreed-to-change-its-product-name/

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> kurt von finck
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