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Bug#861772: RFS: writeroom-mode/3.6.1-1 [ITP]



On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 08:54:46AM -0400, Antoine Beaupre wrote:
> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 10:47:00AM -0400, Nicholas D Steeves wrote:
> > Control: tag -1 +moreinfo
> > 
> > Tagging as moreinfo while investigating a potential trademark
> > infringement issue.  I will untag when this has been resolved.
> 
> Any update here?
> 
> Can you clarify the trademark issue and what's possibly at stake here?
> Has there been any public communication outside of the BTS about this we
> can refer to? Did you talk to upstream?
> 
> Thanks!

Hi Antoine,

Yes, I asked a fairly generic question somewhere on OFTC, then
privately contacted upstream, and got in contact with debian-legal
with upstream's consent.  IIRC they recommended upstream rename as the
easiest course of action (I forget if that was public or private), and
provided an alternative that requires a bit of work (and less
certainty).  What's at stake?  As I understand it, potential
(American) lawyer fees, and/or headaches of needing to pull things
offline in a hurry.

Upstream recently send me an email, and is busy with IRL stuff.  I
remain optimistic this will be resolved this fall.

Cheers,
Nicholas

P.S. Elpy is currently waiting for find-file-in-project to make it
through the NEW queue.  I'm working on getting the (recommended but
not required) test suite working in the meantime.  See your ITP for
more info.  140-something files failing 300-something tests...it's a
challenge haha.

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