Re: OT: file renaming requirements - any prior art?

[Walter Landry <wlandry@ucsd.edu>]

"M. Drew Streib" <dtype@dtype.org> wrote:
> I think Debian needs to think about a couple of things:
> 
> (1) If there were a trademark on a filename, would you agree to use
> another name?
> 
> (2) Would this make the copyright non-free? You would have the separation
> you're looking for, but still wouldn't necessarily have the right to
> use the same filename.

I think that this is already the case with Apache.  I think Red Hat
even renamed their web server to httpd because of that.

Regards,
Walter Landry
wlandry@ucsd.edu


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