Re: [hobbit] Don't make the pie higher! (was: RE: [hobbit] "Hobbit" name legal stuff; slight name change will happen)

["Gary Baluha" <gumby3203 (at) gmail.com>]

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Galen Johnson <Galen.Johnson (at) sas.com>wrote:

> I'm not saying they weren't very nice...I agree it could have been handled
> in a much less friendly manner...lawyers never cease to amuse me.
>
> Of course, when we pick a new name, I'm going to have to figure out a
> different name for The Shire to go with it...maybe I'll call it "Live Dog"
> or "Undead Hamster" or "Flushed Fish"... :-D
>

Hahah, "Undead Hamster"!  That name immediately reminded me of the "Hampster
Dance"
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampster_Dance]


=G=
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henrik Stoerner [mailto:henrik (at) hswn.dk]
> Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 10:32 AM
> To: hobbit (at) hswn.dk
> Subject: Re: [hobbit] Don't make the pie higher! (was: RE: [hobbit]
> "Hobbit" name legal stuff; slight name change will happen)
>
> In <36304.192.168.0.1.1217859745.squirrel (at) epperson.homelinux.net> "Hobbit
> User in Richmond" <hobbit (at) epperson.homelinux.net> writes:
>
> >On Mon, August 4, 2008 09:00, Galen Johnson wrote:
> >> After reading the letters, it looked to me that as soon as they found
> out
> >> they couldn't pin anyone down to get a slice of the ephemeral pie, they
> >> decided that the name should be changed.
>
> >Well, as a PHB who's also a Linux lead, the way I read the letters is that
> >as soon as they found out they couldn't pin anyone down to commit to not
> >selling  slices of their client's pie and not giving any more of it away
> >than was already the case, they wanted a name change.  I thought the
> >attitude was quite refreshing after seeing decades worth of threatening
> >cease-and-desist letters.
>
>
> I agree. I think they have been treated me nicely; they could have just
> sent me a "stop-doing-this-or-we'll-sue-you-now" letter. They didn't,
> and in fact they have been generous to suggest a couple of possible
> name changes that I could do which would keep them happy.
>
> Add to this that they actually knew what I was talking about, when I
> told them that Hobbit is an Open Source product, so there is no money
> involved.
>
> They have a trademark to defend, and one of the rules of that game is
> that they MUST react when they become aware of possible violations of
> their trademark; if they don't, then they can forfeit their ownership
> of the trademark. So they have to do something, and I think they handled
> this nicely.
>
> Sure - having to rename everythin IS annoying, but I should have thought
> about that when I first picked the name.
>
>
> Regards,
> Henrik
>
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