[Ubuntu-US-CA] Privacy, Trademark & Canonical

[Jono Bacon]

I don't think is trademark law to silence a critic. I think it is
trademark law to protect a trademark.

Was news to me though and I am checking into it.

On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Troy Ready <troy at troyready.com> wrote:
> Doesn't seem that bad to me. I could agree that it's against "the spirit" of
> open source, but they've put a ton of time and money into promoting the
> brand of ubuntu and I don't think it's unreasonable for them to be wary of
> allowing very negative websites using that branding to go unanswered.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Grant Bowman <grantbow at partimus.org> wrote:
>>
>> wow!
>>
>> RT @lcafiero RT @marciahofmann: Oh, Canonical. It's silly to use trademark
>> law to try to silence a critic! Especially a critic who works at @EFF.
>> https://t.co/25ipxoHxPY
>>
>> I am not happy to read about this in this way. Thoughts?
>>
>> fyi,
>> Grant
>>
>> --
>> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list
>> Ubuntu-us-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
>>
>
>
>
> --
> -Troy
>
> --
> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list
> Ubuntu-us-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
>



-- 
Jono Bacon
Ubuntu Community Manager
www.ubuntu.com / www.jonobacon.org
www.identi.ca/jonobacon www.twitter.com/jonobacon