Bug#466391: Vodafone Mobile Connect Card for Debian
Pablo, hi,
I found a piece of software that you apparently authored and
"Debianized", Vodafone Mobile Connect Card Driver for Linux.
I am a Debian Developer and I am interested in having this in Debian.
That will mean that it will eventually get propagated to Ubuntu, which
I've seen that you use and care about.
I'll soon feed you with packaging patches :)
Concerning the branding though, two issues worry me:
a) By calling this "Vodafone Mobile Connect", users may get misleaded
that this only works with the Vodafone network, something that is
apparently not true.
b) More importantly, Vodafone is a registered trademark; possibly
"Vodafone Mobile Connect" too. Do we have permission from Vodafone to
use this trademark for the package uploaded to the Debian
distribution which may have changes compared to the version published
by you?
We've been bitten by this in the past (with the notable example of
Mozilla products) and I'm trying to be careful.
I've been thinking renaming this to a more common name but I'm afraid
that will be a disrespect to your work and Vodafone Group's intentions.
I'd be happy to cooperate with you privately or in public.
Please note when replying that I'm Ccing Debian bug #466391 [1], which
is a Request for Package (RFP) bug by a Debian user.
Thanks,
Faidon
1: http://bugs.debian.org/466391
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