Re: Finding a new troubleless name for KBreakOut

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my 2 cents to protect our own known game by its name by just adding small
changes, i mean instead of changing it completely lets make it something
like KBreakItOut or KBreaksOut , ... Otherwise

On Mon, May 27, 2024, 01:06 Albert Astals Cid <[email protected]> wrote:

> El diumenge, 26 de maig del 2024, a les 16:04:53 (CEST), Marc Deop i
> Argem=C3=AD va
> escriure:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I am writing to you as a Fedora KDE packager and would like to bring to
> your
> > attention an old problem related to the name of the game KBreakOut.
> >
> > We first got a bug 10 years ago:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?
> > id=3D1167062
> >
> > It essentially says that Breakout is trademarked in the USA: https://
> >
> tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=3D76062330&caseType=3DSERIAL_NO&searchType=3Ds=
tatusSear
> > ch
> >
> > 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.s=
h
> >
> > I opened an issue on Invent mentioning the problem:
> https://invent.kde.org/
> > games/kbreakout/-/issues/2
> >
> > Which lead to another of our contributors to submit a MR: https://
> > invent.kde.org/games/kbreakout/-/merge_requests/16
> >
> > However, Albert Astals Cid mentioned that we should go through the
> community
> > in order to get an application renamed (thanks for the pointer :-) )
> >
> > And here we are!
> >
> > Would everybody be ok with such a name change?  KBreakOut ->
> kbrickbuster ?
> >
> > 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
> saying
> we want to keep the name is also an option.
>
> Cheers,
>   Albert
>
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Marc Deop
>
>
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div>my 2 cents to protect our own known game by its name=
 by just adding small changes, i mean instead of changing it completely let=
s make it something like KBreakItOut or KBreaksOut , ... Otherwise<br><br><=
div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, May=
 27, 2024, 01:06 Albert Astals Cid &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">aac=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex">El diumenge, 26 de maig del 2024, a les 16:04:53 (CEST), Marc De=
op i Argem=C3=AD va <br>
escriure:<br>
&gt; Hello!<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I am writing to you as a Fedora KDE packager and would like to bring t=
o your<br>
&gt; attention an old problem related to the name of the game KBreakOut.<br=
>
&gt; <br>
&gt; We first got a bug 10 years ago: <a href=3D"https://bugzilla.redhat.co=
m/show_bug.cgi" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://bug=
zilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi</a>?<br>
&gt; id=3D1167062<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; It essentially says that Breakout is trademarked in the USA: https://<=
br>
&gt; <a href=3D"http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=3D76062330&amp;caseType=
=3DSERIAL_NO&amp;searchType=3DstatusSear" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" tar=
get=3D"_blank">tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=3D76062330&amp;caseType=3DSERIAL_=
NO&amp;searchType=3DstatusSear</a><br>
&gt; ch<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; And thus, Fedora has been _renaming_ this software downstream by the m=
eans<br>
&gt; of this script:<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/kbrickbuster/blob/rawhid=
e/f/" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://src.fedorapro=
ject.org/rpms/kbrickbuster/blob/rawhide/f/</a> patch.sh<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I opened an issue on Invent mentioning the problem: <a href=3D"https:/=
/invent.kde.org/" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://i=
nvent.kde.org/</a><br>
&gt; games/kbreakout/-/issues/2<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Which lead to another of our contributors to submit a MR: https://<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"http://invent.kde.org/games/kbreakout/-/merge_requests/16" =
rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">invent.kde.org/games/kbreak=
out/-/merge_requests/16</a><br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; However, Albert Astals Cid mentioned that we should go through the com=
munity<br>
&gt; in order to get an application renamed (thanks for the pointer :-) )<b=
r>
&gt; <br>
&gt; And here we are!<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Would everybody be ok with such a name change?=C2=A0 KBreakOut -&gt; k=
brickbuster ?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Feedback, opinions and discussions welcome!<br>
<br>
The opinions can of course also include new name suggestions.<br>
<br>
And unless KDE eV says we definitely have to change the name, I guess sayin=
g <br>
we want to keep the name is also an option.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
=C2=A0 Albert<br>
<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Best regards,<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Marc Deop<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div></div></div>

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