Re: [Tuxpaint-users] "Tux Paint Plus"

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Agree with you on this Bill - it could be a a wise step to trademark asap.
Regards
Maldwyn

Maldwyn E Pryse
Swyddog Gwella Ysgolion / School Improvement Officer
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Kendrick <nb...@so...>
Date: Sunday, December 14, 2008 2:16
Subject: [Tuxpaint-users] "Tux Paint Plus"
To: Tux Paint <tux...@li...>, Tux Paint Users <tux...@li...>

> 
> I discovered something called "Tux Paint Plus" today.  I ran anti-
> virusscanning software (clamav's "clamscan" tool) against it, and 
> it didn't
> find anything, so I launched the program.  (I used "Wine" under 
> Linux.)
> It appears that this software installs not just Tux Paint (it's 
> very likely
> that it's just regular Tux Paint, and nothing special -- I haven't 
> triedyet, though), but also some kind of 'search toolbar' in ones 
> web browser.
> 
> Doing a quick search on Google for "open source plus toolbar," I 
> came across
> an EULA (end user license agreement) for something called 
> "InfraRecorder Plus"
> that has the same wording as the one I saw in "Tux Paint Plus."
> 
> InfraRecorder is a CD/DVD writing tool for Windows that, like Tux 
> Paint,is released under the GNU GPL.
> 
> So it looks like someone (whomever is responsible for this toolbar) is
> grabbing open source software, wrapping this 'toolbar' software 
> around it,
> and re-releasing it.
> 
> 
> Does anyone out here have any additional comments or info about this?
> It's not clear whether they are breaking the rules of the GPL (it
> seems unlikely, as the EULA I read states: "These TOOLBAR TERMS OF USE
> govern your use of the Toolbar only. Other terms of use govern any
> other software that you may choose to install on your computer.")
> 
> However, I'm worried about people becoming confused about "Tux Paint"
> versus "Tux Paint Plus."  It want it to be clear that the 'official'
> versions of Tux Paint are the ones released by us, the current set of
> developer volunteers, and that we cannot be held responsible for any
> problems that come up by using this "plus" version.
> 
> (During the Google Summer of Code mentor summit in October, it was
> recommended that we trademark the name "Tux Paint" to help avoid 
> these kinds
> of issues.  How do people feel about that?)
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> -- 
> -bill!
> "Tux Paint" - free children's drawing software for Windows / Mac OS 
> X / Linux!
> Download it today!  http://www.tuxpaint.org/
> 
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