[Mageia-discuss] Google, yahoo, Hotmail and Flickr accounts

Tue Sep 21 23:12:18 CEST 2010

>>> While mageia.org is not the same as mageia.com, I expect
+>>> a lot of users are going to accidentally go to the wrong
+>>> site.
+>>>
+>>> Is this going to be potential legal problem?
+>>>
+>>> Regards, Dave Hodgins
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+> Ohhh, that smells like..... Wach out!
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+I don't think we should worry about this right now. It has gone too far 
+and once we have the infrastructure up and going, changing names becomes 
+a trivial matter.
+
+It would surprise met if this were of any problems at all. A minerals 
+company found at mageia.com and a linux distro found at mageia.org are 
+simply too far apart in concept to be mistaken.
+
+It will become a problem if the term "Mageia" has been copywritten or 
+(heaven forbid) patented! by someone or a company.
+
+Having a site's name is not usually a problem. Laws differ depending of 
+the country you reside in. But they all seem to follow the same 
+convention (except for patent laws).
+
+Note that I am not a lawyer.
+
+Marc
+
+