Re: license issuse in qterm
On Jan 10, 2008 8:52 AM, Bas Wijnen <wijnen@debian.org> wrote:
> > and if the derived work is incompatible with the protocol
> > description in the RFC file, it must be called by a name other
> > than "ssh" or "Secure Shell".
>
> This may be a problem. However, to me it seems this just clarifies how
> he thinks about the use of his trademarks. They're probably not
> registered, but they still have some protection (assuming he is the
> right person to claim them). If he wants to use these names as
> trademarks, AFAIK he is allowed to.
I agree. The restriction relates to (probably unregistered) trade
marks rather than copyright. It may be inconvenient in some
circumstances, and could be expressed more clearly, but it's not
non-free.
John
(TINLA)
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