On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 16:33 -0600, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> We just set up our own zimbra system here (sadly not with rpms) and I
> noticed that the default layout of the free version has several Yahoo
> trademarks on the screen. Will this cause problems with licensing or
> packaging?
This is definitely something the packagers will have to look into.
There are other packages in Fedora where our ability to retool the
package may be limited by a trademark policy. Typically that's not a
blocker issue, because it doesn't infringe on the right to modify and
redistribute -- only to do so while still using someone's trademarks.
As long as Yahoo!'s policy operates similarly we can live with it
(though grudgingly).
Well the big issue I can see is that the package is going to need some
sort of LICENSE for trademarks to make sure that people realize that
something is a trademark, and it can only be used for X,Y,Z things (eg
promoting the Zimbra software but not say someones business, etc
etc.).
--
Stephen J Smoogen. -- BSD/GNU/Linux
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"