Re: [ITPOLITIK] Re: Varemærke [WAS:] C/C++ Valgaf cross platform bibliotek

[donald_j_axel <sslug@sslug>]

On Mon, 31 May 2004 22:03:17 +0200
donald_j_axel <sslug@sslug> wrote:

> > Det der tidligere hed WxWindows, hedder nu WxWidgets pga. 
> > sagsanlægs-trusler fra - guess who ...
> 
> Man kan da ikke eje ordet windows. Hvornår får X11-Window(s) så en
> sag på halsen?

Nå, det er lidt overdrevet at sige sagsanlægs-trusler, 

Er der nogen, som *kan* kommentere denne her historie lidt mere?

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Jeg er ikke helt sikker på, hvad der ligger i de ord, som
WxWindows, nu WxWidgets, lægger på deres website:

http://www.wxwindows.org/name.htm

After a polite request from Microsoft, and a lot of thought on our
part, we have decided to change the project's name to wxWidgets.

[...]

  There will be modest financial compensation, of which the residue
  (after fees) will be used to fund library development and tools.
  Contributors can submit claims to Julian Smart to compensate for
  time lost because of the name change.

  There has been much debate about whether this agreement was
  necessary. You can browse the wx-dev archives for the arguments
  for and against. Obviously a name change is not something that
  Robin and Julian would undertake take frivolously or for financial
  gain. Please confine further discussions about the name change to
  the new wx-discuss mailing list.

Det er ikke nemt at finde ovf. omtalte diskussioner fra
Mail-arkivet. Men altså mildt pres i retning af at påstå at
Microsoft ikke kan leve med, at en 3-parts-business bruger navnet
wxWindows, det kan man ikke engang få ud af det originale
announcement.



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