Re: [OT] Harassment of open source developer !
At 994279436s since epoch (07/04/01 16:43:56 -0400 UTC), Balbir Thomas wrote:
> After all what kind of a person or company would want to levy a financial
> burden on a man who has contributed his time and resources, for a community
> benifit.
[Obligitory IANAL]
Probably because if you don't protect your trademarks in this country,
they fall into the public domain. That's why you can say "asprin"
when you want to cure a headache (because Bayer didn't defend its
trademark), but not Xerox(tm) to mean photocopying, Kleenex(tm) to
mean facial tissues, and Ziplock(tm) to refer to plastic storage bags.
If Adobe doesn't sue people, well-intentioned as they may be, then
they have no legal recourse against Microsoft Illustrator when it
comes down the line.
Admittedly, Adobe's lawyers were jerks about it, but still...
Jason
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