Anyone heard any more on this announcement at http://www.fedora.info/fedora.htm?
Nutshell is Cornell University and University of Virginia developed an open-source digital repository management system under the name Fedora, and released it in May 2003.
The announcement says "The Cornell and Virginia teams have taken a number of steps to try to work with Red Hat regarding use of the name Fedora™. At this date, Red Hat has refused our request to withdraw its trademark applications and reverse its claims of usage restrictions on the name. Cornell University and the University of Virginia are now considering various legal options in response to Red Hat’s actions. "
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On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 10:59, Jon W. Bius wrote:
Anyone heard any more on this announcement at http://www.fedora.info/fedora.htm?
Nutshell is Cornell University and University of Virginia developed an open-source digital repository management system under the name Fedora, and released it in May 2003.
As I've posted on other lists:
Hi, I talked with Michael Johnson who is cited as the leader of the fedora project on the fedora.redhat.com pages.
He talked with the legal counsel at red hat and got the following info.
- the fedora.info people haven't tried to take a number of steps to work it out - they've taken none - fedora.info was only using f.e.d.o.r.a as an acronym -not as a trademark - only after the rh trademark filing did fedora.info assert a trademark - rh had previously informed uva and cornell that rh would not interfere with their continued use of the fedora trademark. - the fedora has been associated with red hat ever since the shadowman logo was adopted.
so there is some more exact info.
it seems to me rh has acted both legally and ethically correct - especially that they told uva and cornell that they would not interfere with the use of the term for the fedora.info project.
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