[osflash] on using the word "Flash" in your projects...

[Sönke Rohde]

I totally agree Aral!
What about OSFlesh ;)

What about words containing the word "Flash" like "Newsflash", Flashlight
manufacturers etc.
Can't be serious ...

Cheers,
Sönke

> -----Original Message-----
> From: osflash-bounces at osflash.org 
> [mailto:osflash-bounces at osflash.org] On Behalf Of Aral Balkan
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 2:10 PM
> To: Open Source Flash Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [osflash] on using the word "Flash" in your projects...
> 
> Hi Geoff,
> 
> This is just so wrong. You've created an amazingly useful 
> tool that not 
> only provides a fix for the Eolas issue but also provides a superior 
> method of embedding SWFs inside HTML pages. Adobe's thank-you 
> should not 
> be to have their legal department contact you to change its name.
> 
> If this is Adobe's new policy, I hope that there will be some 
> guidelines 
> posted to make their position public so we can all remove the word 
> "Flash" from our various community sites and open source projects.
> 
> I guess FlashAnt would become SwfAnt and OSFlash, OSSWF?
> 
> Is SWF not a trademark too?
> 
> What a royal waste of time and resources.
> 
> Aral
> 
> 
> Geoff Stearns wrote:
> > Just a sort of word of warning...
> >
> > Adobe recently asked me to rename my FlashObject script to 
> something 
> > else because of trademark/legal issues. They are trying to protect 
> > their 'Flash' trademark, and apparently macromedia was a bit more 
> > relaxed about these things than Adobe is.
> >
> > So a word of warning to you all who use 'Flash' in the name of your 
> > projects - you might want to think about changing it.
> >
> > more details here:
> >
> > 
> http://blog.deconcept.com/2006/04/21/flashobject-to-become-swfobject/
> > <snip>
> 
> 
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