Stop it already!

Basil Chupin blchupin at iinet.net.au
Sun Nov 10 05:54:01 UTC 2013


On 10/11/13 02:24, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> I'm late to this discussion.  As a fellow moderator, I vote with
> Jared.  The discussion here is pointless because nobody here can do
> anything about it except vent.  Not even the moderators.  But venting
> is just a form of drama; we don't need it.
>
> Shut this thread down.  Do not post.
>
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Jared Norris <jrnorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 9 November 2013 14:46, Robert Holtzman <holtzm at cox.net> wrote:
>>> 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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>> Hello all,
>>
>> As previously mentioned, this mailing list is not the appropriate
>> forum for this discussion. I (on behalf of the moderation team) have
>> previously pointed out the correct place to do so and would invite
>> people to move their conversation there. To my knowledge the Canonical
>> legal team do not follow this mailing list so conversation on this
>> list is not capable of resolving the issue at hand.
>>
>> If anyone has any technical questions about Ubuntu please start a new
>> thread, any further posts to this thread will most likely result in
>> further action against those users unable to comply. If you feel this
>> is being handled incorrectly on this mailing list the correct response
>> is to email the moderation team [1] rather than the list itself.
>>
>> [1] ubuntu-users-owner at lists.ubuntu.com
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Jared Norris
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JaredNorris
>>
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Please do not top-post.

Thank you ever so much if you do so, and in return you will also earn a 
life time supply of Gold Stars on your report card - printed using 
Ubuntu of course.

BC

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