9 Aug
2007
9 Aug
'07
2:47 p.m.
[Note to Jay: I'm sorry to continue this thread...]
On Thursday 09 August 2007, Sellam Ismail wrote:
See, this is one part of the reasons why I don't
actively follow the
list:
Patrick Finnegan said:
Pat, you know the deal. You produce the VCF Midwest under an ad hoc
license. Why should I let someone else just take it and run with it
as they wish? I certainly wouldn't give you that type of leeway.
Nor anyone else for that matter.
Yes I do. And, I wasn't suggesting that someone should use the VCF
name. I was simply suggesting that you might just be polite and ASK
people not to do it, rather than threaten them in some way.
Oh, and it bothers me when people working towards the same goal (a
classic computer expo type event) quibble over little things like
trademarks. Can't we get past that, and back to something productive
and useful? So Sellam doesn't want you to use "VCF" without his
consent. Pick some other name and be done with it.
Pat
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Indeed.
I view Sellam's attitude as a response to all of the
people who recently were saying, in effect, "Screw your
copyright, I'm using your name anyway!"
It'd be nice if Sellam could at least figure out how to say this in
a non-"I'm going to ruin your life for doing something that's not
nice" sort of way.