Mark Shuttleworth blogged about Ubuntu's new trademark policy.
I think the Ubuntu policy is pretty generous. I also think this validates a lot of what we were saying and writing around the time we created our trademark policies. Underlying these policies is that we all care about customers and we want them to understand what they're getting. Avoiding customer confusion requires policy and I think we're likely to see more, rather than less, of this in the future.
Posted by: Makumba | April 28, 2007 1:52 AM
It is a business. And businesses have customers. In software, user and customer and synonymous, it is general business language to the more general term "customer". Nothing sinister, as you are insinuating.
Posted by: Grayson Mixon | April 28, 2007 3:49 AM
Was Makumba insinuating anything sinister?
Posted by: Mr Lizard | April 28, 2007 3:30 PM
what about client, or "the money with legs"? haha
Posted by: a | April 30, 2007 2:40 PM
Interesting the word "customer" has been replacing "user" in Mozilla employees' speech.