[Qgis-developer] Release plans for QGIS 1.6

[Frank Warmerdam]

Jürgen E. Fischer wrote:
> Hi Tim,
> 
> On Sat, 16. Oct 2010 at 01:42:54 +0200, Tim Sutton wrote:
>> We (the PSC) recently received a threat of legal action against our
>> use of the word 'Tethys' in the naming of the 1.5 release of QGIS.
>> It seems that the word Tethys is trademarked by a company in one country.
>> Although we feel their case is weak, we do not have the time, money or
>> inclination to engage in a legal battle over this.
> 
> Does OSGeo have a position on this?  I thought the OSGeo umbrella was also
> covering legal support.

Jürgen,

We don't have legal resources "on call" and it could get quite expensive
to retain legal support so we very much lean towards avoiding legal
conflict.  However, if the need is there the board would consider
resourcing legal support for the projects.

Best regards,
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