Re: Proposal: Differentiate products more clearly (Cycle 01)

[Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 at 21:23, Luis Felipe <sirgazil@zoho.com> wrote:

>> While the -ix and -ux endings have long traditions in the operating
>> system space, the Guix name is already trademarked by someone else for
>> that kind of software. [2]

[...]

>> [2]
>> https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=87948650&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch
>
> Hmm, I've heard about this trademark issue before... I'm not sure, but I 
> think the subject was planned/proposed for discussion during the ten 
> years of GNU Guix event, but I haven't seen any information about it.

The name is registered only in USA, right?

Does it lead to concrete troubles?


>> Hoping for a change as you are, I tried to purchase stampede.org from
>> the original inventor of Stampede Linux [3] a year or so ago in order to
>> offer it to the project, but that went nowhere from either side.
>>
>> Meanwhile, I have some other names I would be happy to purchase and
>> donate to the project, but I cannot disclose them to the public before
>> doing so.

Well, I am not aware of any legal issue with the name Guix.  There is
one?

Somehow, don’t fix it if it is not broken. :-)


Cheers,
simon