[Opensim-dev] LindenLab tightens policy on Trademarks

[Garth FairChang]

While I was a Linden we were taught to call Sims = Regions and Players = 
Residents. I was told that 'Residents' would confuse Sims with the 
Avatars on The Sims Online.

Terry Ford wrote:
> I'm surprised they don't have the term "Sim" trademarked as well.
> What about all the existing "Grid" names and domains out there??
> Everyone is going to have to stop using these??
>
> Examples....
> Centralgrid, osgrid, deepgrid, apex-grid, openlifegrid, francogrid and more!
>
> This is going to be bad.... damn... and I just registered one of my own.
>
> unknown person wrote:
>   
>> In light of this and discussions based off this, I can't help but 
>> think of the future issues regarding this type of problem.
>> In some form, the OpenSim community needs to have some trademarks of 
>> their own, if not for branding purposes alone,
>> but for protection against greedy sabotaging Corporate interests that 
>> might see us as a viable threat to their commercail interests.
>>
>> Not to mention this scenario:
>>
>> Someone from the OpenSim community gets a bug up their rear and 
>> branches off, creates a product based off OpenSim, then doesn't want 
>> to see any competition.
>> So what this asshat could do, is sabotage the OpenSim project and take 
>> out their own trademarks/etc... against what we use for coined 
>> phrases/terms/etc...
>>
>> If we don't create protections in this manner, we could forsee 
>> constant threat by actions like this as time goes on..
>>
>> Just a thought,
>>
>> CharlieO
>>
>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>     From: ezekiel at daelindor.com
>>     To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
>>     Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:55:36 +0100
>>     Subject: [Opensim-dev] LindenLab tightens policy on Trademarks
>>
>>     Dear all,
>>      
>>     please consider the recent policy change of Linden Lab regarding
>>     their trademarks:
>>     http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/03/24/introducing-the-second-life-brand-center/
>>      
>>     The texts on the OS wiki will need to be reviewed within the
>>     announced 90-day period to ensure compliance with
>>     the guidelines set by Linden Lab regarding the use of 'Second
>>     Life' and 'SL'.
>>     Furthermore, I would like to suggest that from now on OS
>>     documentation (and code) should use any of
>>     these trademarks only where it is absolutely necessary.
>>      
>>     Cheers, Ezekiel
>>
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