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Re: [trinity-devel] Naming: Trinity Desktop Environment or KDE Classic developed by the Trinity Project?

From: Kristopher Gamrat <pikidalto@...>
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 13:01:08 -0500
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:55 PM, Timothy Pearson
<kb9vqf@...> wrote:
> It's quite simple really.  We have no legal right to use the trademark
> "KDE" for anything.  KDE e.V. has graciously cut us some slack during this
> transitional period, but they could easily demand full removal of all of
> their trademarks at any time (e.g. if this project starts actually
> competing with KDE4 for some reason).

It seems like a very likely possibility we will compete, very few
people actually like KDE4, and they've all been in real life.
Practically everyone in the online world prefers KDE3.

We may be able to just prepare the rebranding and keep the original
stuff in the actual system, then switch on command if they want us to.

-- 
Kris
"Piki"
Ark Linux Webmaster
Trinity Desktop Environment Packager