Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8E8157607 for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:55:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 28555 invoked by uid 500); 27 Nov 2011 20:55:59 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-ooo-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 28504 invoked by uid 500); 27 Nov 2011 20:55:59 -0000 Mailing-List: contact ooo-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 28496 invoked by uid 99); 27 Nov 2011 20:55:59 -0000 Received: from minotaur.apache.org (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:55:59 +0000 Received: from localhost (HELO mail-vw0-f47.google.com) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username robweir, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:55:59 +0000 Received: by vbbfc21 with SMTP id fc21so2773169vbb.6 for ; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:55:58 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.24.2 with SMTP id q2mr21032809vdf.27.1322427358069; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:55:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.220.218.139 with HTTP; Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:55:57 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1321475182.52715.YahooMailClassic@web113509.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <4EC41F81.6060801@shanecurcuru.org> <8B90BE3A-FA72-4E41-9D27-EF96E91CDAFA@comcast.net> <4013B308-5889-46D4-B30E-C29679F75A8D@comcast.net> <214EA762-F67A-4B2D-9E8F-AC8E336F9564@jaguNET.com> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:55:57 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter? From: Rob Weir To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 2011/11/26 Kazunari Hirano : > Hi Rob, > > Thanks. > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Rob Weir wrote: >> Maybe think of it this way; =C2=A0Kentucky Fried Chicken decided to rebr= and >> itself as "KFC" because the wanted to deemphasize the "fried" part, >> for modern health-conscious consumers. =C2=A0But that doesn't meant that >> anyone can go out and open a store and call it "Kentucky Friend >> Chicken". =C2=A0Both trademarks continue to be enforced. >> >> (Do you have KFC in Japan?) > > Yes, we have KFC in Japan. > http://www.kfc.co.jp/ > We sometimes recognize "Kentucky Fried Chicken" and very few mouth it. > We often recognize "=E3=82=B1=E3=83=B3=E3=82=BF=E3=83=83=E3=82=AD=E3=83= =BC=E3=83=95=E3=83=A9=E3=82=A4=E3=83=89=E3=83=81=E3=82=AD=E3=83=B3" or "=E3= =82=B1=E3=83=B3=E3=82=BF=E3=83=83=E3=82=AD=E3=83=BC" and mouth it. > http://www20.big.or.jp/~nisiguti/store/kfc.html > > We had "StarSuite," "=E3=82=B9=E3=82=BF=E3=83=BC=E3=82=B9=E3=82=A4=E3=83= =BC=E3=83=88," in Japan. > http://thenetworkisthecomputer.com/site/?p=3D699 > :) > > Now does the ASF control use of "OpenOffice.org" trademark localized vers= ions? > You can see some examples, > http://openoffice.exblog.jp/7629990/ > [OOoCon Beijing Logo] =C2=A0English version > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Simplified Chinese version > Korean version =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Khmer version > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Mayan version > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Traditional Chinese version > =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Japanese version > :) I have no idea. But my impression was that Oracle was not withholding any relevant trademarks or domain names from us. -Rob > Thanks, > khirano >