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William F Pokorny <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> On 11/18/19 6:06 AM, William F Pokorny wrote:
> > On 11/17/19 8:05 PM, Randi Olsen wrote:
> > ...
> >>
> >> This is probably not the correct group for getting that information,
> >> but if
> >> someone could point me in the right direction, it would be greatly
> >> appreciated.
> >>
> >> Randi O.
> >>
> >
> > I know "POV-Ray" is a trademarked term(1) so I expect you should follow
> > whatever rules there are for using other's trademarks for a start, but
> > otherwise unsure. I've forwarded your question directly to the
> > developers noting your question here.
> >
> > Bill P.
> >
> > (1) - Scroll to the very bottom of the http://www.povray.org/ main page.
>
> OK. Got a little feedback. Mostly, there is no inclination to give any
> non-lawyer written response which might corrupt the legal standing of
> the current trademarks.
>
> Unofficially, I'll offer the following summary of the feedback.
>
> Follow TM practices as in, for example, using the term 'POV-Ray' with
> the associated (TM) plain text or trademark symbol.
>
> There is a wikipedia trademarks page and a web site was suggested in:
> https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage/
>
> The trademarks of Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd. should be
> used in a manner that is not misleading or confusing. See the link above
> for good guidance there.
>
> Lastly, my recollection is the list of trademarked terms are: 'POV-Ray',
> 'Persistence of Vision Ray Tracer', 'POV-Team', 'POVWIN' and 'povray'.
>
> Bill P.
So, this looks like a transgression for instance :
http://persistenceofvision.com/about-us.php
is it?
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