Because of a trademark complaint with the name "slidedeck", I've created a new project named "views_slidedeck".
Please delete the original project - http://drupal.org/project/slidedeck.
Thanks.

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gerhard killesreiter’s picture

Issue tags: +Legal

Not sure how to deal with this, unpublished for now. There were no releases so I guess we can also delete it. OTOH, if we keep it unpublished, nobody can create a new project of the same name...

Nick Robillard’s picture

Ok. I've pointed digital-telepathy to this issue. They may want to take over the project in order to keep control of the namespace.

dtelepathy’s picture

Hey Nick, project transfer sounds like a good solution. Can you please initiate this transfer?

Nick Robillard’s picture

Gerhard, can you please change the project author to dtelepathy.

gerhard killesreiter’s picture

I don't see the point. Is there further development planned? As it is now the project is unpublished which means nobody can continue to work on it. dtelepathy doesn't even have a cvs account.

Nick Robillard’s picture

The point is so that digital-telepathy has control of the project name instead of me (i have no affiliation with them). I've been told that development may happen in the future. When that time comes, i figure they'll either apply for a cvs account themselves or use a Drupal dev who has cvs access.

gerhard killesreiter’s picture

Status: Active » Fixed

When that time comes, they can re-open this issue. As far as I am concerned this is fixed.

dtelepathy’s picture

Status: Fixed » Active

Hey Gerhard, as this is an issue regarding the use of our trademarked brand, we would prefer to have project ownership now so as to avoid any future issues that may arise. We would ask that you please initiate the project ownership as requested by Nick.

Crell’s picture

I don't believe we have a standing policy regarding trademark names in projects. Drupal.org does not actively police project names. We have worked with module maintainers before to rename modules that caused trademark confusion, but I don't believe we've ever had a TM owner request a project name specifically. (There are lots of modules that have the name of a trademarked service, usually for integrating with those services.) I recommend we decide what our policy is going to be before we start implementing it case-by-case so that we can be consistent.

dtelepathy: With the project unpublished it is essentially "squatted" against future use, so your TM is safe for now.

gerhard killesreiter’s picture

Status: Active » Fixed

As Crell says.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)
Issue tags: -Legal

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.