[OSGeo-Conf] name of the game (conference-cee)

[Daniel P. Ames]

Actually, as it turns out, "FOSS4G" is not a registered trademark in the
U.S. However, I think it could be defended as such through the principle of
common usage. In any case, the naming options for local conferences are
essentially:

FOSS4G-[region] {Regional Conference?}
OSGeo [region] Regional Meeting
[Organization XXX] Conference

Personally, I like the idea of "FOSS4G-[region] Regional Conference".

Of course the Japanese event is called FOSS4G (
http://arnulf.us/FOSS4G_2009_Tokyo)

Most importantly though, when the FOSS4G.org domain was provided to OSGeo,
there were agreements in place about not restricting the use of the term:

http://lists.osgeo.org/**pipermail/conference_dev/2007-**October/000405.html<http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2007-October/000405.html>
http://lists.osgeo.org/**pipermail/conference_dev/2007-**October/000394.html<http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2007-October/000394.html>
http://lists.osgeo.org/**pipermail/conference_dev/2006-**October/000035.html<http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2006-October/000035.html>
http://lists.osgeo.org/**pipermail/conference_dev/2006-**October/000096.html<http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2006-October/000096.html>

- Dan

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Daniel P. Ames, Ph.D. PE
Associate Professor, Geosciences
Idaho State University - Idaho Falls
dan.ames at isu.edu
geology.isu.edu
www.mapwindow.org



On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepicky at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> quoting Jeff's remark to the mailing-list ticket [1]:
>
> > - I think naming the list 'conference-cee' is a good idea
> > - as for any link to the "FOSS4G" name: this needs to be debated through
> >  the Conference Committee (my personal views is that I am all for
> > local...for example European or North American...events happening
> > annually...but I am against the use of the "FOSS4G" name, as it is
> > associated with the annual event (and I don't want to dilute/affect this
> > annual event, that we have all worked so hard on through the years to
> make
> > it what it is today).
>
> This is a question, which was raised already at FOSS4G (Denver). Whether
> and under which conditions "we" could use the FOSS4G trademark.
>
> I'm just raising the question here, no matter which result the discussion
> will have. We just need things to be clarified.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jachym
>
> [1] http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/**ticket/814#comment:1<http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/814#comment:1>
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