Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Fight Trademark with Libremark

[Aaron Wolf]

Trademark use can already have a good policy such as:

https://www.debian.org/trademark

I think that if someone made a product called "GNU code-host" and it
violated the principles of the GNU project, there would be complaints.

Anyway, Gitorious and GitLab and GitHub all went through the process of
getting approved to use the trademark. "GIT is a trademark of Software
Freedom Conservancy and Gitorious' use of "GIT" is under license." I did
not see similar prominantly placed at the other sites, but I know they
have permission.

I hope and think that you will get permission to continue using the name
GitBull anyway.

Anyway, I don't object to the concept of LibreMark, I just doubt you
learned a lot about the issues and talked to other people. I don't like
quick making new definitions like that because I worry about
fragmentation. I don't want to see 6 competing versions of some sort of
"ethical type of trademark". I would rather we all collaborate to have
one good recognized LibreMark thing… but I don't know what already
exists… this seems an important discussion to figure out. If there's to
be a LibreMark, I want it widely accepted by the community and not to
see a bunch of other attempts all slightly different from each other.

Cheers,
Aaron


On 03/23/2015 05:20 AM, Aurélien DESBRIÈRES wrote:
> Mihamina Rakotomandimby <mihamina.rakotomandimby@rktmb.org> writes:
> 
>> On 03/22/2015 01:22 PM, Aurélien DESBRIÈRES wrote:
>>> Recently I have createdhttps://gitbull.org  to create a fully free
>>> solution in front the trouble of gitorious.
>>>
>>> Then, the Software Freedom Conservancy contact me because we use*git*
>>> in the name.
>>
>> Aurélien,
>>
>> They contacted you and then what did they ask for?
>> Anyway, I'm just curious, just wondering if Gitorious, Gitlab,
>> Github,... had "the same problem".
>>
>> Regards.
> 
> Hi Mihamina,
> 
> They contact me and explain me that I do not have the right to use git
> in the part of name of gitbull.
> 
> As fare as i have understand for gitorious, github, gitlab, they have
> created their service before the trademark. (but don't know for new
> incommers you can find on search engine ...)
> 
> The SFC have been be very correct with me, but that represent a trouble.
> 
> I have now to stand for the git committe response ... hope for a license
> of use to close the situation.
> 
> I have never meet that trouble with GNU (which is also trademark) (which
> i have learned both the same time)
> 
> Well that is the reason for the need of LibreMark.
> 
> To have a form of protection to our freedom, but stay free to use the
> things at the time it is not to disturb the job done by thus before.
> 
> Regards
>