From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Apr 11 23:53:49 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4261014E02 for ; Sun, 11 Apr 1999 23:53:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (haldjas.folklore.ee [172.17.2.1] (may be forged)) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.8.8/8.8.4) with SMTP id JAA14005; Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:51:25 +0300 (EEST) Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1999 09:51:24 +0300 (EEST) From: Narvi To: "Justin M. Seger" Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Trademarks [was Copyright Infringement policy?] In-Reply-To: <199904120007.UAA80682@scds.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 11 Apr 1999, Justin M. Seger wrote: > Hello. > > What is the official ruling on the import of ports that have names > that violate copyrights? > A name that violates copyright? As in "hobbit"? > I am asking this specifically in reference to ports/7701, Dr. Mario. > > Dr. Mario is a trademark of Nintendo. > The port description file should mention that "Dr. Mario" is a trademarked name by Nintendo, but that this is not that "Dr. Mario" but another? We don't have to care about what third party software developers do or name their products. It's their problem. > TTYL, > -Justin Seger- > Sander There is no love, no good, no happiness and no future - all these are just illusions. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message