Fwd: Re: New kpdf icon - legal problems!!

Hi legal people, what do you think of that? Is kpdf (and KDE) in problems 
because that icon?

Now i have looked to Adobe web page and i think there is even less problem as 
Acrobat Reader icon is not the red rubber in a triangle, that is Acrobat PDF 
mime icon, Acrobat Reader icon is the Big red Square with the white A inside 

The new kpdf icon can be seen @ http://dot.kde.org/1100590318/

Albert

Please CC me as i am not in the list

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Subject: Re: New kpdf icon - legal problems!!
Date: Divendres 19 Novembre 2004 09:15
From: Albert Astals Cid
To: Moritz Moeller-Herrmann

Hi, in my humble opinon the icon is different enought of Acrobat one, what do
they share? A book and a red thing. The red thing is different from Acrobat
red thing and a book is only a book.

I really don't see any problem.

But i am forwanding that message of yours to kde-licensing list to see what
they think.

Albert

A Dijous 18 Novembre 2004 15:25, vàreu escriure:
> Hi,
>
> having just seen the kpdf icon winner, I would like to warn you, NOT to
> use it. I am not a lawyer (YET!), but I have just finished my final law
> exam with a very good grade. I am not allowed to counsel you
> individually because of German regulations, but I would like to
> generally state the following fact of law:
>
> According to German trademark law an icon that is evidently and
> obviously derived from a trademarked icon and that is used for a
> directly competing product is not permitted. Any breach could be used to
>   stop the distribution of all products shipping with such an icon.
>
>
> I would like to remind you of the killustrator (->kontour) fiasco! Don't
> derive from Adobe's trademarked and copyrighted ideas. Why not choose an
> more original icon for kpdf?
>
> I am not a programmer, but I have been using KDE since Beta2 (before
> 1.0!), so this is my first professional contribution to KDE.  Avoid
> shipping this icon with KDE!
>
> Thanks a lot for your excellent work and for taking the time to read this,
>
> kindest regards,
>
> Moritz Moeller-Herrmann

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