[asterisk-biz] VS-1T Claiming "Trademark" on Hardware

[Jean-Michel Hiver]

Manny A. Wise a écrit :

> I am going to give this a rest….
>
You should, because you will loose an argument that you will never win.

> I guess you now are saying that you don’t have a problem with someone 
> copying your box…
>
Well the software being open source, and the hardware is mostly 
available (standard PC parts), it is not much effort "copying the box". 
It basically amounts to installing Xorcom on a PC...

> I guess you first message was FULL of it….
>
FULL meaning "good common sense". Xorcom is great and I think the VS-1T 
is a great idea, too. The company behind it has a sane and sound, 
community oriented business strategy. What have /you/ done for Asterisk 
- or open source in general - today?

Cheers,
Jean-Michel.

NB: Unlike Patents or even copyrights, Trademarks actually make sense. 
It just means that you cannot pretend to be somebody else and has 
nothing to do with "copy".