Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 16:14:45 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, sos@FreeBSD.ORG, koshy@india.hp.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: General policy on trademark violations Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980213161157.23295P-100000@current1.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <19980214103454.41822@freebie.lemis.com>
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I think our policy should be to change the name of the program in question. this includes changing history.. a global replace in the ,v files would probably fix it. after renaming theh appropriate files, it should all still work but with a different name, even versions checked out with -D "last year". On Sat, 14 Feb 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Fri, 13 February 1998 at 15:06:26 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > > What Hasbro care about is being able to sell Boggle on the strength > > of its name. If they don't pursue *everyone* violating the trademark, > > they lose it. As soon as they lose it, there are dozens of offshore > > companies that will start marketting Boggle clones, eating Hasbro's > > market, and hitting their bottom line. > > > > _That_ is the issue here. > > Is this all they're asking? A name change would solve that. This > sounds very different from the issue with Tetris a few months back. > > Greg > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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