On 6/21/06, Tony Whitmore <schoolfo...@tonywhitmore.co.uk> wrote:
> John Ingleby wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 18:46 +0100, Tony Whitmore wrote: > > {-snip-] > >> Being unable to list the software you're prepared to support on your > >> website with coughing up a fee sounds incredibly backward to me. > >> Personally I would resent any project that tried to take away my freedom > >> in this way. > > I agree with Tom, David Goodwin's post gave no details, and in > > particular none regarding any reasons given (or not) for asking his > > friend to stop using the name Moodle.
> I've now seen the e-mail that was sent. The "site" in question was > actually just a blog posting that had the text "Moodle services" in it! > The C&D letter is basically just a form letter and I half suspect it was > sent by an automated system that searches pages for certain strings.
> To quote the e-mail: > "It's come to our attention that your site is using our Moodle trademark > without permission. "Moodle" is legally trademarked to describe Moodle > commercial services, as that is something that only official Moodle > Partners are permitted to do. > http://moodle.com/partners/ > Please remove all references to Moodle services, Moodle hosting, Moodle > training, Moodle consulting, Moodle installation, and other such terms > from your website immediately and let us know when it's done."
This is even more cryptic considering that from looking at the Moodle.com website, it doesn't even seem like you have to pay to become a Moodle partner. I don't get it.
