Kubuntu future and the name itself

Myriam Schweingruber myriam at kubuntu.org
Wed Apr 11 15:27:48 UTC 2012


Hi all,

On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 13:16, Dale Trombley <buzzmandt at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think if it were a brand new project it should have a new name. But the
> way I understand it it is still ubuntu+kde.  Joke name or not Kubuntu is now
> an established name in the *nix community.  My vote would be stick with the
> name everyone knows.

I fear it is not as easy as that: Kubuntu is a registered trademark of
Canonical Ltd. as the footer of the website tells. So we might not
have much of a choice there...

IANAL, so somebody with more insight should tell us more about that.
Jonathan maybe?

Regards, Myriam

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