[steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

Le 21/01/11 15:21, Michael Meeks a écrit :

Hi all,

>       There is some concern about the lack of clarity on whether
>       incorporating libreoffice (or other marks) into a domain name
>       is allowed - this is an area people often want to tread on, and
>       we should probably directly address it.
>
>       Similarly - it does not mention including 'libreoffice' into a
>       business name - I think we should simply prohibit that.
>
>       So I suggest we add a clarification of both of these to the end of the
> "Non permitted use section".
>
>       "Thus uses of the Marks in a domain name, or business name
>        without explicit written permission from TDF are prohibited."


Whilst I believe that this is a good idea, from a practical application
of trademark law standpoint, it is not necessarily a valid condition,
because not all jurisdictions give deference to trademarks over domain
names. Just something to be aware of. So say I decide to file a FQDN
called f**klibreoffficeubstrds in some obscure territory's jurisdiction,
and which most would consider to be disparaging at the least and
offensive at the worst, then you might find you'll have a hard time
being able to do anything about it.


>       Finally - I just realised that I'd like the "substantially unmodified"
> clause to include a few more bundling bits: so
>
>       "Substantially unmodified" means built from the source code
>        provided by TDF, possibly with minor modifications including
>        but not limited to: the enabling or disabling of certain
>        features by default, translations into other languages, changes
>        required for compatibility with a particular operating system
> -      distribution, or the inclusion of bug-fix patches)."
> +      distribution, the inclusion of bug-fix patches, or the bundling
> +      of additional fonts, templates, artwork and extensions)


Seems fair enough to me. The current clause is a bit waffly and this
adds clarity.

Alex


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