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Re: debian names



Jonas Smedegaard <jonas@jones.dk> writes:

> I would consider it highly unlikely that (Disney would claim and a court 
> would agree with them, that) Pixar customers could confuse some Pixar 
> products with a Debian release.

I believe Disney lawyers are world famous for their ability to construct
a legal problem from thin air.  Or maybe they don't even need air if it
is licensed?  Evil tongues have claimed that Carl Barks modelled
Sylvester J. Sharky after one or more Disney lawyer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Donald_Duck_universe_characters#Lawyer_Sharky

In any case, the problem will be solved when Disney buys Debian.  That's
how The Simpsons finally got away with all their Disney jokes.

Or you might want to reference Don Rosas drawing of "the hardest,
toughest, most impervious substances known to mankind" at the bottom of
https://duck.neamar.fr/DUCK/the_universal_solvent



Bjørn


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