Re: opie trademark

Hi Lorn,

Handhelds.org has never used the sourceforge model. It was purposely 
designed not to use that model.  It has a complete architecture.  The 
firmware works with the kernel, that works with the base distribution, which 
works with the gui layer on the top.  

Best Regards,


--George

On Sunday 13 May 2007 05:09 pm, Lorn Potter wrote:
> Hey George,
> Yes, I personally did start an opieII project with te Qtopia 4 source code.
>
> It was my understanding that handhelds.org was merely a host for
> projects - like sourceforge.
>
> George France wrote:
>  > Hi Lorn,
>  >
>  > That is not very accurate.  There is nothing new going on. Opie has
>
> always been a trademark of handhelds.org, please see:
>  >     http://www.handhelds.org/legal
>  >
>  > It is now a "registered" trademark, as part of some legal house
>
> cleaning.  A formal trademark usage policy for trademarks should be
> posted on http://www.handhelds.org, near the 1st of the month after the
> legal folks have finished their review.  I expect it to be very similar
> to the ubuntu policy.
>
> except ubuntu is a distribution not a site that hosts open source projects.
>
>  > ..and no it is not "all" the projects, as you are implying...
>  >
>  > I would however appreciate that you disclose any conflict of interest
>
> when posting such messages.  I believe you attempted to started an
> "opieII" project at another site?
>
> There is no conflict of interest, I am still a member of Opie at
> handhelds.org.
>
>  > Sincerely,
>  >
>  >
>  > --George France
>  > CEO, Handhelds.org, Inc.
>  > One of the founders of handhelds.org, 1999.
>  >
>  > On Sunday 13 May 2007 03:10 am, Lorn Potter wrote:
>  >> Just a heads up to all.
>  >> George France has taken it upon himself to trademark the names of
>  >> projects hosted by handhelds.org.
>  >>
>  >> This was filed March 6, 2007.
>  >>
>  >> Serial Number      77123610
>  >>
>  >>
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