Hi,
Thanks Rex for the heads up :)
Yes, the goal is to just package the software, the source code won't
likely be changed - so it wouldn't constitute a derivative work (in
the sense of a forked source code).
@Toshio :
Are there specific trademark licensing terms? I think we'd want
to know
what those are. And if they're too onerous (Personally, I'd rather not have
more software that was as restrictive as firefox) we'd probably want to
change the name/other trademarked assets.
http://www.zotero.org/support/terms/trademark
It's explained in that page that the trademark should be explicitly
and specifically licensed (in writing from George Mason University) if
used alongside any derivative work; which isn't the case in this
effort as the goal is to just package that same software. Zotero
developer Simon Kornblith confirmed that it would be OK (see
http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/23104/packaging-zotero-for-gnulinux-d...).
Alright, I'm then proceeding with the packaging.
-Ilyes
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 2:24 PM, Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 07:47:32AM -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
>> Ilyes Gouta wrote:
>>
>> > What's the position of Fedora regarding using the same trademarked
>> > program names (even if the source code is under an open source
>> > license) ?
>>
>> There's lots of software in fedora already with names that are trademarked,
>> so that alone is no cause for concern.
>>
Are there specific trademark licensing terms? I think we'd want
to know
what those are. And if they're too onerous (Personally, I'd rather not have
more software that was as restrictive as firefox) we'd probably want to
change the name/other trademarked assets.
>
> -Toshio
>
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