Re: [Audacity-devel] Audacity DVR

[Daniel J. <da...@mo...>]

> I agree that it would be best if we amicably settled this by
> getting a favorable response from them in writing.

Ideally, sure. I have the feeling they may be reluctant to give up 
'their' brand name though.

> It might be
> nice to see if we could register the trademark, though.

Linux is a trademark, and I think that has protected the name to some 
extent. It would cost a few hundred dollars at least for a US 
registration though. 

> I wonder if the EFF or some other organization might be willing to
> provide us with free legal advice?

I suggest contacting the Free Software Foundation legal team. I've 
always found Eben Moglen to be very approachable. Just tell them that 
there is a proprietary software company involved...
 
Cheers

Daniel