[Kde-games-devel] RFC: Rename KBattleShip and KTron

[Mauricio Piacentini]

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
> Mauricio Piacentini wrote:
>
>> Ryan, is it possible for you to send us a link to the information
>> passed to you guys by your legal team? It looks like there is a good
>> chance we will be able to do this renaming, and having this
>> information would help us.
>
> References and links were provided in the original post, in particular,
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=481507#c6
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502359
> unless there's something more you're looking for?
>
> In the meantime, it would appear that kde-ev lawyers are in contact with
> redhat's, so I'd suggest no further IANAL-type comments here (ie, it
> wouldn't be constructive).

Rex, I am the one who raised this issue with the e.V. list after the
request posted here. From the bug pages above, I get one opinion from
Tom Callaway:

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Yeah, this is clearly a problem.

IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. covers the use of the trademark "Battleship"
for "computer game programs and accessories for use therewith.", so we need to
step very carefully here.

"Clanship" is a little closer to "Battleship" than I would like. Given that
upstream seems to be dead here, I'm inclined for us to push to rename this in
our distribution, because we would be acting as upstream here. Try to avoid
using "Battle" or "Ship".

Also, the summary borders on trademark infringement with "Battleship clone".
Try very hard to describe the game without using the "Battleship" trademark in
both the Summary and Description. If you can't do that, let me know, and we'll
try to figure out a way to use the mark in the bounds of Fair Use.
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I was asking to see if there is additional information from fedora
legal on this in order to pass it to the e.V. for discussion. If this
is all, thanks, I will forward it.

Regards,
Mauricio Piacentini