[erlang-questions] Can Erlang come under attack?

Rustom Mody

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Feb 15, 2013, 12:36:41 AM2/15/13

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Please see

http://pyfound.blogspot.in/2013/02/python-trademark-at-risk-in-europe-we.html

I cannot say that I understand whats really going on
The one thing that I get is that there was some minor neglect a decade or more ago.
Maybe there are things that Erlang needs to beware of?

Paul Barry

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Feb 15, 2013, 4:20:30 AM2/15/13

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I'm not a legal expert, but the Python world is experiencing this issue because they didn't acquire "python.co.uk" way back when... and now the domain troll that has it has decided to be a bit of a [insert appropriate insult here].

In the Erlang world, I'd imagine Ericsson own the copyright to the name (and they have an interest in protecting it), and - anyways - we have Erlang Solutions based in Europe and they are doing a pretty good job of looking after the interests of the community and Erlang's good name, also.

Paul.

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Joe Armstrong

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Feb 15, 2013, 5:49:05 AM2/15/13

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On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Paul Barry <paul.jam...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not a legal expert, but the Python world is experiencing this issue because they didn't acquire "python.co.uk" way back when... and now the domain troll that has it has decided to be a bit of a [insert appropriate insult here].

In the Erlang world, I'd imagine Ericsson own the copyright to the name (and they have an interest in protecting it), and - anyways - we have Erlang Solutions based in Europe and they are doing a pretty good job of looking after the interests of the community and Erlang's good name, also.

Correct. Ericsson did take out copyright for the name, or possibly even a trademark. This was done is a number of different countries (a dozen or so, there were no global ways to do this) - I can't remember the details nor for how long these agreements last.