Stop it already!

Robert Holtzman holtzm at cox.net
Sat Nov 9 04:46:26 UTC 2013


On Fri, Nov 08, 2013 at 11:27:06PM +0000, Tom H wrote:

          .......snip.......
> 
> 3) debian-multimedia was forced to change to deb-multimedia by Debian
> (and Debian wasn't THAT happy about the new domain name because of the
> "deb") so it's unsurprising that Ubuntu/Canonical would react to
> fixubuntu's use of the Ubuntu logo and the fixubuntu name. The guy
> could've just put the same info on his own micahflee website but he
> has an anti-Ubuntu/Canonical agenda (and no understanding of the
> concept of live and let live). Ubuntu/Canonical have every right to
> defend themselves and their logo and name.

Not in this instance according to the EFF. I suspect they know a few
things about the law. 

> 
> 4) The fixubuntu info's good (in 13.10, "gsettings set
> com.canonical.Unity.Lenses remote-content-search none" can be changed
> via the "security and privacy" applet) but "fix Ubuntu" is a misnomer
> and a misuse of "Ubuntu". 

Where did you study law?

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