Re: Possible Gnome name problems?

[raster redhat com]

On  3 Sep, Max Watson shouted:
->  raster@redhat.com wrote:
->  > 
->  > On  2 Sep, Ian Wells shouted:
->  > ->  A friend who just found mention of Gnome on the web pointed out to me
->  > ->  there may be a problem with the use of the name 'Gnome'.
->  > ->
->  > ->  As I understand it, we can use the name Gnome providing there's no-one
->  > ->  else in the same area who uses it already, so that no confusion is
->  > ->  caused.
->  > ->
->  > ->  Unfortunately, as he pointed out, there's a company called Gnome in
->  > ->  the UK, who've been writing X servers for many years now.  Not only do
->  > ->  they use the name 'Gnome', they also use it in association with
->  > ->  computer software and with X.  Is this going to cause us a problem?
->  > 
->  > In the UK - probably - Does this mean we nwo have a legal reaosn to
->  > rename gnome? :)
->  > 
->  
->  Do I smell gasoline? :) 

why of course! :)

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