About packaging Zotero (trademarked name) standalone for Fedora (was: About packaging Zotero standalone for Fedora)

Ilyes Gouta ilyes.gouta at gmail.com
Mon Apr 30 19:41:08 UTC 2012


Hi,

On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Ilyes Gouta <ilyes.gouta at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 02:51:52PM +0100, Ilyes Gouta wrote:
>>>
>>> Alright, I'm then proceeding with the packaging.
>>>
>> I've opened this ticket with the Fedora Packaging Committee.  I don't know
>> that it belongs there but next time we meet we'll discuss it and send it to
>> a different group if that's what we decide needs to happen:
>>
>>  https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/170
>
> Thanks Toshio for the extensive explanations! Yes, this is exactly the
> kind of information I'm looking for.
>
>> Don't let this stop you from starting to package this.  The worst case
>> scenario would be that you'd need to replace the trademarked name in the
>> software when we build it and name the package something different.  And
>> that's the worst case... there's other possible outcomes as well.
>
> Let's see how it goes with the FPC, that's important.

In fact, having a clear and formal answer (a yes or a no) from the FPC
and/or FESCo would be best.

-Ilyes

> I'm thinking about Zoterino as a fallback name for the
> software/package; if it happens that embedding a trademarked name
> isn't possible/desirable.
>
> -Ilyes
>
>> -Toshio
>>
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