BitTorrent

[Smith, McCoy]

OSI does have a trademark/service mark, and an enforcement program,
although I believe it is not a word mark though:

http://www.opensource.org/pressreleases/osi-launch.php
http://opensource.org/trademarks/



-----Original Message-----
From: John Cowan [mailto:cowan at ccil.org] 
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 4:02 PM
To: David A. Temeles, Jr.
Cc: license-discuss at opensource.org
Subject: Re: BitTorrent

David A. Temeles, Jr. scripsit:

> On what basis can OSI preclude anyone from designating their software
> license as "open source"?  I am new to this list, but I cannot
comprehend
> how OSI would have the legal right to preclude anyone from using the
phrase
> "open source" in any fashion.  OSI could, however, prevent a party
from
> claiming that its license is OSI-approved...

Quite right on all counts as far as legal action is concerned.  Friendly
persuasion is another thing, and often quite successful.

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