Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 11:08:36 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, koshy@india.hp.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: General policy on trademark violations Message-ID: <19980214110836.27959@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199802140033.QAA05480@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Feb 13, 1998 at 04:33:56PM -0800 References: <19980214103454.41822@freebie.lemis.com> <199802140033.QAA05480@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Fri, 13 February 1998 at 16:33:56 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >> On Fri, 13 February 1998 at 15:06:26 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: >>> What Hasbro care about is being able to sell Boggle on the strength >>> of its name. If they don't pursue *everyone* violating the trademark, >>> they lose it. As soon as they lose it, there are dozens of offshore >>> companies that will start marketting Boggle clones, eating Hasbro's >>> market, and hitting their bottom line. >>> >>> _That_ is the issue here. >> >> Is this all they're asking? A name change would solve that. This >> sounds very different from the issue with Tetris a few months back. > > The current issue with Hasbro is over the name. The Tetris precedent > makes it prudent to remove the entire game, in order to save the effort > of dealing with it later. > > If there was any real utility to boggle in the first place, a name > change would be fine. As it is, nuking it is simpler and faster. How about asking for volunteers to do the work? Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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