[VisCom] Regarding TM for logo and web site

[Frank Warmerdam]

Arnulf Christl wrote:
> Hi,
> in the meeting minutes of the
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Eighth_VisCom_Meeting_Minutes
> action item 10 says:
> 
> All: Start adding TM symbol to our logo
> 
> It is not my understanding that this has been decided. In IRC it was only
> suggested that "we need to start adding the TM symbol to our logo".
> 
> 07:59:03  	spatialguru:  	 We need to start adding the TM symbol to our logo
> 07:59:19 	seven: 	do we really?
> 07:59:22 	seven: 	what for?
> 07:59:28 	seven: 	who is going to steal it?
> 07:59:41 	seven: 	is it some kind of magic certificate?
> 
> There has been given no reason why we need to do it.

Folks,

Whether we should mark things as (tm) has been taken up as a board level
issue, and there are legitimate concerns about whether to do so or not,
so we shouldn't start putting (tm) on stuff yet.

Best regards,
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