Rawhide plans

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 08/20/2015 09:23 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>
> Am 20.08.2015 um 06:01 schrieb Ralf Corsepius:
>> On 08/20/2015 01:07 AM, Eric Griffith wrote:
>>> Personally, if it weren't for the confusion, I think Fedora Next would
>>> be the perfect name for this.
>>
>> May-be, you guys are too young to know, but to me Fedora Next, would be
>> a Fedora distribution addressing Steve Job/Apple's NeXt and advertising
>> for Apple.
>>
>> That said, I would not be surprised, if "Fedora Next" would be subject
>> to trademark conflicts and disputes.
>
> the word "next" in the context what Rawhide is?
> seriously?

Well, I am just trying to raise awareness on a potential problem.

A brief and quick of the DPMA's (Deutsches Patent und Markenamt - German 
Patent and Trademark Authority) on-line database tells NeXT is still a 
registered trademark, registered for Nice Class 9, by "NeXT Computer, 
Inc., Redwood City Calif., US" [1]

In other words, there is a potential problem lurking, IMHO.

Ralf

[1]
https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/register/2026842/DE
https://register.dpma.de/DPMAregister/marke/register/2063015/DE