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Note: This is NOT a Stack Exchange site. "Stack Exchange" is a trademark of Stack Overflow Inc and may not be used to identify anything except Q&A websites buil

by kylec 16y ago

Note: This is NOT a Stack Exchange site. "Stack Exchange" is a trademark of Stack Overflow Inc and may not be used to identify anything except Q&A websites built on the technology of Stack Overflow Inc. It might be understandable for a third party to make this mistake, but the submitter is the creator of Shapado himself, and is quite aware that his software is not Stack Exchange. http://stackoverflow.com/legal/trademark-guidance http://stackoverflow.com/legal/trademark-guidance Perhaps coincidentally, the private beta of the real Ubuntu Stack Exchange has just begun. The site will open up to the public in 7 days: http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7716/ubuntu http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/7716/ubuntu http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/ http://ubuntu.stackexchange.com/

patrickaljord 16y ago
> Note: This is NOT a Stack Exchange site. "Stack Exchange" is a trademark of Stack Overflow Inc and may not be used to identify anything except Q&A websites built on the technology of Stack Overflow Inc. You should re-read the title, it says "stackexchange like site", not "stackexchange site". Also this site has the support of many from Canonical, the company that owns Ubuntu. > Perhaps coincidentally, the private beta of the real Ubuntu Stack Exchange has just begun But stackexchange is only for English speaking people. How about people from South America like myself or the rest of the world? Shapado supports many languages http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Shapado/stats http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Shapado/stats and integrates with more services, including Launchpad from Ubuntu. Also, Shapado is open source which is more in the spirit of Ubuntu.
- kylec 16y ago
  I realize Shapado is basically a clone of the software, but identifying it as "Stack Exchange" even with "like" after it is still a trademark violation. You don't see advertisements for "Toyota-like" cars or "Apple-like" computers for precisely that reason.
  - patrickaljord 16y ago
    StackExchange must be lucky to have lawyers working for them for free ;)
  - photon_off 16y ago
    I'm having a hard time believing that trademark violation is the precise reason Apple and Toyota don't make stupid advertisements. I think it's because they don't want to make stupid advertisements. If OP wants to compare one website to his, I think that's fine. He's not an established brand, and this comparison helps me understand what to expect. He's not claiming his site is part of the Stack Exchange network, he's just saying it's similar. If he used any other term of comparison, like "better than" "worse than" "faster than" "slower than" I don't think you'd mind. So what's so bad about using "like" ?

by kylec 16y ago

patrickaljord 16y ago

> Note: This is NOT a Stack Exchange site. "Stack Exchange" is a trademark of Stack Overflow Inc and may not be used to identify anything except Q&A websites built on the technology of Stack Overflow Inc. You should re-read the title, it says "stackexchange like site", not "stackexchange site". Also this site has the support of many from Canonical, the company that owns Ubuntu. > Perhaps coincidentally, the private beta of the real Ubuntu Stack Exchange has just begun But stackexchange is only for English speaking people. How about people from South America like myself or the rest of the world? Shapado supports many languages http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Shapado/stats http://translatewiki.net/wiki/Translating:Shapado/stats and integrates with more services, including Launchpad from Ubuntu. Also, Shapado is open source which is more in the spirit of Ubuntu.

kylec 16y ago
I realize Shapado is basically a clone of the software, but identifying it as "Stack Exchange" even with "like" after it is still a trademark violation. You don't see advertisements for "Toyota-like" cars or "Apple-like" computers for precisely that reason.
- patrickaljord 16y ago
  StackExchange must be lucky to have lawyers working for them for free ;)
- photon_off 16y ago
  I'm having a hard time believing that trademark violation is the precise reason Apple and Toyota don't make stupid advertisements. I think it's because they don't want to make stupid advertisements. If OP wants to compare one website to his, I think that's fine. He's not an established brand, and this comparison helps me understand what to expect. He's not claiming his site is part of the Stack Exchange network, he's just saying it's similar. If he used any other term of comparison, like "better than" "worse than" "faster than" "slower than" I don't think you'd mind. So what's so bad about using "like" ?