Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 08:06:33 -0800 From: "Chris H" <portmaster@BSDforge.com> To: <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD Palemoon branding violation Message-ID: <b93f607ea8a1e71dd7cd1ba359823d6b@udns.ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <CANYZJQY=7Lk60khQRjR8H8jLcCaasut8R6f%2B9fgyhDvxD6=RdQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 7 Feb 2018 15:37:54 +0100 "Andreas Andersson" <a=2Eandersson=2Ethn@gmai= l=2Ecom> said > So, moonchild (that's his actual name (or tilltalsnamn in swedish) ) migh= t > own the trademark=2E But atleast Swedish trademark laws > https://www=2Eriksdagen=2Ese/sv/dokument-lagar/dokument/svensk-forfattningssa= mling/varumarkeslag-20101877_sfs-2010-1877 > grants usage to other parties as long as "other parties" does not make > money off of the name or the product=2E For him to actually enforce this it > has to be registered by the swedish PRV http://www=2Eprv=2Ese and subsequentl= y > worldwide by wipo=2E I've looked through PRVs database and nor does a sear= ch > on his name, full name or the variations of pale moon turn up any results > in a search=2E >=20 > Not saying we should keep this in ports tree and keep using the name=2E Jus= t > stating that there is nothing he could do about it unless he registers th= e > trademark and get's it registered (varum=C3=A4rkesskyddat in swedish=2E)=2E >=20 > The reaction to the repo in question is also very weird to me, and possib= ly > what worries me the most=2E He is hurting his own trademarked (heh) product > by doing this=2E For the record; the name Pale Moon is owned by the Blue Moon Ale Company, and has been in their use for some 20 years=2E As well as Kassiks Pale Moon A= le, Kassiks Brewery; Kenai, Alaska (retired)=2E The assertion by the PaleMoon Browser author/maintainer,=2E=2E=2E is _completely_ unfounded=2E He can NOT claim copyright/ownership of the name, as he claims=2E Nor has he attained as much=2E Just trying to keep it real=2E :-) --Chris >=20 > 2018-02-07 10:28 GMT+01:00 Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec=2Eeu>: >=20 > > Hi! > > > > > > After your recent harassment of OpenBSD > > > > (https://github=2Ecom/jasperla/openbsd-wip/issues/86) I decided to > > > > investigate our own packaging of Palemoon=2E As expected, we are also > > > > building against system libraries=2E You can review our build log > > > > here: > > > > > > Huh=2E I would have nuked the port after about the 5th post in that > > > thread=2E > > > > While I'm also surprised about the interpretation of the open > > source spirit, I'm also a very satisfied palemoon user right now, > > after the latest firefox changes=2E So I'm happy that we try to > > keep palemoon, even if we call it newmoon 8-} > > > > If there's something I can do to help (test etc), I'll try=2E=2E=2E > > > > -- > > pi@opsec=2Eeu +49 171 3101372 2 years = to > > go ! > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-ports@freebsd=2Eorg mailing list > > https://lists=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd=2Eorg= " > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd=2Eorg mailing list > https://lists=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd=2Eorg"
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