Bug 1315044

Summary:	Trademark problem and software name
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	mejiko <private>
Component:	pacman	Assignee:	Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek <zbyszek>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	rawhide	CC:	i, tcallawa, zbyszek
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Description mejiko 2016-03-06 06:24:30 UTC

Hello.

This software name is "pacman".
but "PAC-MAN" is trademark.

https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=76638049&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch

Trademark law is forbid that use similar trademark without permission trademark owner. (I think)

I think that this is trademark problem.
It is non-free.

Thanks.

Comment 1 Tom "spot" Callaway 2016-03-09 04:44:44 UTC

No one is going to confuse the Arch package manager with a game where you eat pellets and get chased by ghosts.

If this was a game, it would be inappropriate, but because it is not, it is fine.

Comment 2 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2016-03-09 04:50:48 UTC

Thank you spot for the voice of sanity :)