[Foundation-l] Wikipedia trade mark misuse

Mon Jun 14 23:24:19 UTC 2010

On 15 June 2010 00:17, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com> wrote:
> I happen to know there is an English phrase "Doctor, heal
> thyself."
>
> You probably ANAL. But that doesn't stop you from FUDDing.

I'm an anal non-lawyer, at that! I may be spreading uncertainty and
doubt and something that is very uncertain and doubtful, but I don't
think anyone is particularly frightened by anything I'm saying.

> Tardises are antiquated visual whatchamacallits, but not
> even remotely "trademarks".

Now you are just embarrassing yourself. Check your facts:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2352743.stm

> You are claiming the law is complicated. But the facts are
> plain and simple, and no amount of FUDD is going to support
> a view that there is any reasonable justification (by moral
> or juridifical standards) to claim WMF is the body to apply
> for permission to use "wiki" on something. That just ain't
> gonna happen, *nohow*. Sorry. That is just a fact. Don't try
> to squirm.

You can repeat it as much as you like. That doesn't make it so.