Re: Mastermind: trademark problem?

["Luis Villa" <luis tieguy org>]

On 6/25/07, Dave Neary <bolsh gnome org> wrote:
> Hi Olav,
>
> Olav Vitters wrote:
> > There is a request to import gnome-mastermind into GNOME SVN. According
> > to the author, the trademark is only for the board game (not for
> > computer games). I'd want to be sure that is true.
> > Could someone advise if there is a trademark problem?
>
> I am not a lawyer, it might be an issue, but I don't belive we've ever
> refused things because of trademark concerns in the past - I suggest
> importing, and changing the name if we get a cease & desist.

We have not (again, to the best of my knowledge) but it wouldn't hurt
to be proactive on this count. (You'll note that the games uniformly
change names from the trademarked version.) I'll try to find some time
tonight to search.

Luis