Why the .org on OpenOffice
William Hooper
whooperhsd3 at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 8 15:40:53 UTC 2003
Douglas Stewart said:
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> Thiago Vinhas de Moraes wrote:
> | Em Qua, 2003-10-08 às 10:14, Dennis Gilmore escreveu:
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> |>>the product name? It would be a lot more professional if the name was
> |>>"OpenOffice 1.1" instead of "OpenOffice.org 1.1" don't you think?
> |>
> |>Probably yes but someone else owns the copyright for the name open
> office
> |>so they couldnt use that leggally it has to be OpenOffice.org not
> |>OpenOffice.
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> 'Cept I think the party in question is actually a very large software
> company located in Redmond, WA.
According to the USPTO (www.uspto.gov) it was E-Mail Incorporated
Corporation of Pasadena California. Interestingly enough, both "Open
Office" and "OpenOffice.org" are listed as "abandoned" trademarks.
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William Hooper
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