> To make this project easily recognizable on the Web, I would devote an
> own WWW domain to it, such as www.povearth.org. Now there arises the
> trademark problem - as I am not a member of the POV-Ray development
> team, this needs to be negotiated with the owner(s) of the POV-Ray
> trademark.
>
> Is there any chance to get permission to use "pov" as part of a domain
> name?


Quote from the source code license:

"This is a binding legal agreement between you and Persistence of Vision 
Raytracer Pty. Ltd. ACN 105 891 870 ("POV"), a company incorporated in 
the state of Victoria, Australia, for the product known as the 
"Persistence of Vision Raytracer(tm)", also referred to herein as 
"POV-Ray(tm)". [...]"


Quiz: Reading this piece of legalese carefully...

(1) Whom do you need to contact for permission to use the term 
"POV-Ray(tm)"?

(2) Whom do you need to contact for permission to use the acronym "POV"?

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