Stop it already!
Kevin O'Gorman
kogorman at gmail.com
Sat Nov 9 15:24:35 UTC 2013
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
>
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>
> Jared Norris
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