[Links to commercial sites is "bad faith?" --Declan] --- To: froomkinat_private, declanat_private, gnuat_private Subject: I guess we can't talk about Unix any more... Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:18:58 -0700 From: John Gilmore <gnuat_private> Unix companies have been shooting themselves in the foot for years. This is just the latest "let's all pull apart rather than pull together" idiocy. Luckily, we have Linux to fall back on. Its trademark holder isn't shutting down any web sites that discuss it. The unix.org domain name has been taken away for "cybersquatting" when it did not meet any of the qualifications for cybersquatting. The ICANN-created "Uniform Dispute Resolution Protocol" has long been an excuse for companies to clobber individuals whose speech they disagree with (or who merely threaten to breach the desire total control over a word). Now tell me again that free speech guarantees should not be part of the incorporation charter of ICANN. John LINKS TO COMMERCIAL SITES ENOUGH TO FIND BAD FAITH USE X/Open Company Limited, which owns trademarks in the name "unix", has won a domain name dispute involving the domain unix.org. Although the site was being used as a non-commercial site with articles on the unix operating system, the panelist ruled that having links to commercial sites is itself an indicia of bad faith. Decision at http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2002/d2002-0297.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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