Foundation ... what's about: RELAX!

[Aniruddha S. Khadkikar]

hi flavio,
then why do these companies copyright their names. if it's only about a 
product, why are names such as Autodesk, Erdas, Arc etc copyrighted so 
no one else can use it. this is certainly about brand identity, brand 
value. and they will make huge amounts of money by using the name. and 
if the other mapserver is not good, the original also suffers greatly - 
all goodwill built through such a great effort gone down the drain.
I think it is high time Mapserver is copyrighted/trademark registered 
and the rights to use Mapserver and its logo retained within the 
community or however that is managed legally.
So as to prevent identity loss in future.
best wishes,
aniruddha


Flavio Hendry wrote:
> hi guys (did not remark any girls :-( ...)
> 
> what's about having a cool beer and just relax and see what happens in
> 
> the next few month. if MSE is a good product, people will use it, if
> 
> not, people will not use it. so what? and I am sure mapserver will
> 
> profit, one way or the other. and can it really get better then perfect
> 
> as it is already? :-)
> 
> and who cares about the name. we sell solutions, not names. to us it
> 
> does not matter if it is called arcims, mapxtreme or mapserver. it has
> 
> to work.
> 
> Mit freundlichem Gruss / Best Regards
> Flavio Hendry
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