Re: Finding a new troubleless name for KBreakOut

Albert Astals Cid <[email protected]> Mon, 27 May 2024 00:06:15 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.devel.games
Message-ID <2986846.0tyfP04DOM@xps15>
El diumenge, 26 de maig del 2024, a les 16:04:53 (CEST), Marc Deop i Argem=
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escriure:
> Hello!
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> I am writing to you as a Fedora KDE packager and would like to bring to y=
our
> attention an old problem related to the name of the game KBreakOut.
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> We first got a bug 10 years ago: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?
> id=3D1167062
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> It essentially says that Breakout is trademarked in the USA: https://
> tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=3D76062330&caseType=3DSERIAL_NO&searchType=3Ds=
tatusSear
> ch
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> And thus, Fedora has been _renaming_ this software downstream by the means
> of this script:
> https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/kbrickbuster/blob/rawhide/f/ patch.sh
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> I opened an issue on Invent mentioning the problem: https://invent.kde.or=
g/
> games/kbreakout/-/issues/2
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> Which lead to another of our contributors to submit a MR: https://
> invent.kde.org/games/kbreakout/-/merge_requests/16
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> However, Albert Astals Cid mentioned that we should go through the commun=
ity
> in order to get an application renamed (thanks for the pointer :-) )
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> And here we are!
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> Would everybody be ok with such a name change?  KBreakOut -> kbrickbuster=
 ?
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> Feedback, opinions and discussions welcome!

The opinions can of course also include new name suggestions.

And unless KDE eV says we definitely have to change the name, I guess sayin=
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we want to keep the name is also an option.

Cheers,
  Albert

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> Best regards,
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> Marc Deop