Subject | Re: [Firebird-general] Firebird BBS existed before FirebirdSQL |
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Author | Per von Zweigbergk |
Post date | 2003-04-18T20:39:55Z |
fredagen den 18 april 2003 kl 18.10 skrev Martijn Tonies:
is only
to point out that you may not in fact have the right (neither ethically
or
legally) to defend a name and demand they change their name, if the
name is
not yours to start with.
There's imho nothing wrong with politely asking them to change it
though.
This is of course only my opinion. And IANAL of course.
--
Per von Zweigbergk <pvz@...>
> Per,I'm not here to decide whatever course of action you choose. My point
>
>> Of course, I very well see your point from a *pragmatic* point of
>> view,
> but
>> consider the irony in bashing a web browser project for making the
>> exact
> same
>> mistake as you made, not googling for the project name before
>> choosing.
>
> Although I have to agree on this ... One more (simple) question:
>
> If they choose NOT to defend their name - should we follow that path as
> well?
is only
to point out that you may not in fact have the right (neither ethically
or
legally) to defend a name and demand they change their name, if the
name is
not yours to start with.
There's imho nothing wrong with politely asking them to change it
though.
This is of course only my opinion. And IANAL of course.
--
Per von Zweigbergk <pvz@...>