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Re: anyone packaging redhat's bluecurve themes?



Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:

> On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 07:52:05PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 11:52:28PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > > > > anyone packaging them for gtk 1/2  and qt?
> > > > 
> > > > I am slowly working on it, but there are issues.  The main issue is that
> > > > BlueCurve is a Red Hat trademark, so calling the package or the themes
> > > 
> > > Does a trademark actually stop us including it?
> > > 
> > > We're not trying to use that name for something else, simply to refer to
> > > their product. Just like we are all allowed to use the name Coca-Cola
> > > to refer to the drink.
> > 
> > But probably not if you fill a Pepsi can with Coca Cola, if you get my
> > point :)
> 
> Well, Red Hat controls the trademark so it's up to them. We're not
> automatically disqualified from using it though.

Not true.  If you use a trademark to refer to the Genuine Article,
then you can do so whether the owner of the trademark approves or
not. 



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