Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:34:03 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "The Matrix" screensaver, v.0.2 Message-ID: <199908251634.JAA04358@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:30:12 PDT." <15454.935598612@localhost>
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> > But it's not going into the tree, no. I think Kevin's point and the > > experiences we had with Hasbro should already have convinced people of > > that much. > > I think people are being almost clinically paranoid here. Hasbro and > folks got upset over TRADEMARK infringement, e.g. from using a name > they had trademarked. I rather doubt that Warner Bros. have managed > to trademark the name "matrix" since it's already a common english > word. "Boggle" and "Tetris" don't fall into that category. The issue with boggle and tetris wasn't the name, it was "look and feel". That's the same issue here; the "matrix" screensaver mimics the "distinctive likeness" of a portion of WB's entertainment product, and being a screensaver (rather than, say, a car component) it's also an "entertainment product". -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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