Worrying about worrying about the trademark issue is even more irrelevant.<br>Pointing things like this out early is a good thing. Further discussion about the trademark issue isn't necessary, though, it's annoying.
<br><br>Ortwin<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jay Vaughan</b> <<a href="mailto:jay@w1xer.de">jay@w1xer.de</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>On Jul 30, 2007, at 7:50 AM, Rod Whitby wrote:<br>>> Ah cripes, who freaking *CARES* about the Graffiti trademark ..<br>> Hmm ... someone could just as well say:<br>> "Ah cripes, who freaking *CARES* about the OpenMoko trademark .."
<br>><br><br>Is someone actually developing something which uses the OpenMoko<br>properties? I don't think so.<br><br>> Doesn't sound so good when you say it that way, does it?<br>><br><br>I'm not saying don't be "trademark-sensitive", I'm saying that
<br>worrying about the Graffiti trademark is irrelevant, because nobody<br>is putting, actually, Graffiti into anything. There are plenty of<br>Graffiti alternatives around .. it just happens that Graffiti is what<br>people know "finger painting on your PDA" to be .. its common enough
<br>to warrant usage as a word referring to the activity of finger-<br>painting symbols for recognition on a devices surface. Graffiti,<br>itself, is useless to us. Similar techniques which do not violate<br>anyones rights are useful; to discuss, to implement, and hopefully to
<br>use.<br><br>> Note that David didn't accuse anyone of breaching trademark rights, he<br>> simply pointed out that OpenMoko (or anyone else for that matter other<br>> than the trademark holder) should be careful not to release any
<br>> software<br>> package with the trademarked term "Graffiti" in it's name. And he<br>> said<br>> he would only say it once, so as not to annoy people by continually<br>> harping on it.<br>
><br><br>It would have been wonderful advice if there is actually some release<br>going on.<br><br>> Don't forget that OpenMoko is a company too. You can't favour and<br>> protect one companies trademarks and not do the same for another.
<br>><br><br>I don't care about the trademark issue until there is actually<br>something to attach a mark to. So far, there is nothing in this<br>direction. All I care about is that the technical creativity not be
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