Re: Mastermind: trademark problem?

[Jonathan Blandford <jrb redhat com>]

On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 08:52 +0200, Dave Neary wrote:

> 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 changed names of games in the past (gnothello to iagno) as well
as removed games (gnome-xbill) for trademark reasons.

Thanks,
-Jonatahn