RE: [gl4java-usergroup] Jausoft - GL4Java trademark

[Sven G. <sgo...@ja...>]

Dear GL4Java users,
Dear Adam, Dear tra...@su..., 

we are just waiting for a response/solution/hint
from tra...@su... !

Thats it !

Please tell them !

Best regards, 

Sven

mailto:sgo...@ja...
www: http://www.jausoft.com
voice: +49-521-2399440, +49-170-2115963; fax: +49-521-2399442

-----Original Message-----
From:	Adam Wisnewski [contractor] [SMTP:ad...@en...]
Sent:	Tuesday, April 11, 2000 7:19 PM
To:	gi...@li...; gl4...@li...
Subject:	[gl4java-usergroup] Jausoft - GL4Java trademark

Hello,

Thanks very much for sending your thoughts and ideas. However, as I have 
pointed out before, writing to me is not going to help decide this 
situation.

I am the administrator for the Java(SM) Solutions Marketplace. I look for 
companies to invite into our catalog and ensure that basic tradmark rules 
have been followed. Those rules are laid out for me by our Legal 
Department. You will need to bring your thoughts and ideas to them, so 
please write to:

tra...@su...

When they are satisfied with the situation, whether it is a name change or 
involves no change at all, they will let me know. Until that time, thank 
you very much for your concern for our guidelines and your support of 
Java(TM) technology.

Adam


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> CC: Adam Wisnewski <ad...@en...>
> Subject: GL4Java trademark
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> Hello!
> 
> I'd like to express my deep surprise that Sun is trying to force change 
of
> GL4Java library. Due to my understanding whoever wrote the first mail 
saying
> that using GL4Java without written agreement with Sun is illegal was 
simply
> wrong. Here's why...
> 
> GL4Java is NOT a Sun trademark. Read this sentence taken from Sun's 
copyright:
> 
> Sun, the Sun logo, Sun Microsystems, Solaris, HotJava, and Java are 
trademarks
> or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and 
certain
> other countries.
> 
> Even from this notice it's clear that 'HotJava' and 'Java' are two 
DISTINCT
> trademarks and so is 'GL4Java'. So, to my best understanding this 
discussion is
> pointless from the legal point of view. Period.
> This is like Microsoft would copyright word 'Word' and sued everyone that 
uses
> it in their own application names like 'WordPerfect'...
> 
> There is also another issue: supporting Java platform with good libraries 
and
> good software. In my (and all other GL4Java users) opition this is one of 
the
> best (if not THE best) Java - OpenGL binding. OpenGL is the only portable
> high-performance graphics API and GL4Java makes its usage in Java
> straightforward. Java3D API is completely different from OpenGL and is 
simply
> not a good solution in some circumstances. So I think that Sun should 
support
> good libraries that are making Java even better programming environment.
> 
> Explaining it in Java:
> 
> Expression ("Java".equals("GL4Java")) is false...
> 
> So let's be friends :-)
> 
> Bye,
> Max
> 
> 
> --
> Max Gilead (gi...@li...) 
http://3d.linart.krakow.pl/OfficinaArtificialis
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