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Imminent Mandrake Name Change?
An anonymous reader writes "Mandrakesoft has lost a trial
and has been condemned to change its name and its logo"
The article is in French, but it says that King Syndicates owns a trademark on Mandrake the Magician.
Update MandrakeSoft can use the logo during appeals, which may take up to 3 years. You can now read their official statement on the ruling.
Seems to be all the rage lately.
Lothar: "Damn! Mandrake(c), that's as amazing as when Asterix kicked Mobilix in the ass!"
Narda: "Oh, Mandrake(c), take me now!"
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Creepy stuff, hope MS doesn't make me change my name from Bob to Blob
Man-----?
"If you think you have things under control, you're not going fast enough." --Mario Andretti
And my office buddy heard it.
Me: *shakes head* Mumbles to himself, "France is making Mandrake change it's name, some trademark infringement."
Buddy: "France? Screw France. Tell'em they should rename it 'france'."
There ya go, francesoft. Fitting. I doubt he knows it's a product of frenchies.
Before I part with'em: two pennies weigh ~4.996+/-0.014g, have a zinc core, and the face of Lincoln. You can keep 'em.
"Newsflash! In order to prevent copyright issues, Mandrake has now changed name to M--- (pronounced "MASH")"
Announcing Firebird Linux.
They are a funny people. This would never have happened in the good old US of A. Oh, wait...
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And here's the same passage translated by google from French to German to English to Italian to English:
Mandrake must for the change of name of Mandrake, is the French publisher of the distribution of Linux of eponyme pouring itself condemned from the TGI from Paris, 70.000? in the societies Hearst Americans to obtain the thing and owner of the king Fearture Syndicate of the indication "Mandrake magicien" and Herausgeberin of the pulled volume of the same name. These the posterior one had transported the claim in France for "the indication exclusion". Especially the court pribisce to the use of the relative name to the French and presses Mandrake that transfers the relati to you names of zone towards the two societies Americans. A judgment, in a position to transporting a mortal blow them to the French publisher, the relative good will on the relative distribution of eponyme is only based. For the l?heure Mandrake it has made the appointment, that it suspends the judgment and that therefore the relative indication maintains and relative to the zone names. Memories to on qu?un that the judgment preceding - that interests the brand - determines for the two societies Americans. The French has already had to still examine the relative copy.
Other suggestions: Find someone with a surname of Houdini to endorse the project...
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
The primary enemy of Linux at this point is not SCO.
It is cartoon characters.
Hey, you know, now that I think about it, Elmer Fudd did always wear a red hat...
My next project will be named "Jprogjorjfwwfffffffwweewer33111l", just to be safe. It's an open source calendaring app.
Rename the distro to dleob043mv0934984mswkjy498x98c79s432kj43h987ckjhdf , and never worry about a name change again. ;)
I made that sound over a toilet once after drinking too much goldschalger.
The World's Worst Webcomic!
Although, I should warn you, I just patented the procedure of resolving copyright issues by changing the suffix of a product to "fox".
Why can't Mandrake-the-Linux-company claim that they're named after the root long thought of as magical by certain cultures?
The Linux distro that shrieks when you try to uninstall it.
The gift of death metal does not smile on the good looking.
Look at their current logo. (The topic icon.) Notice the little "magic" star and spark thingy. Notice a theme? Magic, maybe?
Take a look at their old logo. Compare with this image of Mandrake the Magician. Notice any similarities? Other than the penguin, it's basically the same thing - including the cape and wand! Although Mandrake the Magician doesn't have a big ugly star, and the cape is blue and not red.
It seems quite clear that Mandrake Linux intended to rip off Mandrake the Magician's look and name. It seems very clear to me that Mandrake Linux is in the wrong and will need to change their name. It's obvious they knew about Mandrake the Magician - they copied him for their original logo!
You are in a maze of twisty little relative jumps, all alike.
Goatse Linux - Filling the biggest holes in your operation
Schlafly Linux - We never go down
Jackson Linux - Great for Kids
Vaigara Linux - Uptimes Like You Have Never Seen
What's it gonna be this week? :)
cLive ;-)
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