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Gnome Foundation and Groupon product names

38 points by sigvef 12y ago

debacle 12y ago
I don't know who Sri Viswanath is, but I wonder if he understands the implications of "we’ll be glad to look for another name." This has to have been run by Groupon legal, right?
- declan 12y ago
  >This has to have been run by Groupon legal, right? Yep. And that portion was in bold. Groupon has officially backed down.
  - choclo 12y ago
    Not necessarily, however, if they did, I wonder if it was due to the fact that their legal team advised to do it or they backed down due to community/Internet pressure.
    - declan 12y ago
      Yes, they did: "Groupon has agreed to change its product name" http://www.gnome.org/news/2014/11/groupon-has-agreed-to-change-its-product-name/ http://www.gnome.org/news/2014/11/groupon-has-agreed-to-chan... The legal team of course reviews product names pre-launch. This about-face was due to community/Internet pressure.
- ajma 12y ago
  Sri is the SVP of engineering.
Duhveed 12y ago
Good for Groupon...it's the right thing to do.
frogball 12y ago
Why didn't they just change the name when Gnome told them not to use it? I thought Groupon was a good company. This is just pure evil.
- SwellJoe 12y ago
  I thought Groupon was a good company. Where would you have gotten that idea? Certainly not from anything Groupon has ever done.
slackstation 12y ago
What is the name in question?
- w-ll 12y ago
  Groupon was trying to trademark 'Gnome' which was that name for their POS system.
alasdair_ 12y ago
https://twitter.com/Groupon/status/532268238621921280 https://twitter.com/Groupon/status/532268238621921280 "We have decided to abandon our pending trademark applications for #Gnome. Read more: http://gr.pn/gnomeupdate http://gr.pn/gnomeupdate #defendGNOME"
- naner 12y ago
  Was the naming an honest mistake or deliberate marketing move? :) I've heard absolutely nothing about Groupon recently (they are selling a POS now?!) until this happened. Probably an honest mistake, though. Gnome seems an odd choice for a deliberate trademark conflict.
benbristow 12y ago
The good that came out of this is that GNOME now have tons of money from donations that they're going to put to use improving the GNOME desktop. Woo!
jrcii 12y ago
They should call their product git for "groupon it"

38 points by sigvef 12y ago

I don't know who Sri Viswanath is, but I wonder if he understands the implications of "we’ll be glad to look for another name." This has to have been run by Groupon legal, right?

declan 12y ago
>This has to have been run by Groupon legal, right? Yep. And that portion was in bold. Groupon has officially backed down.
- choclo 12y ago
  Not necessarily, however, if they did, I wonder if it was due to the fact that their legal team advised to do it or they backed down due to community/Internet pressure.
  - declan 12y ago
    Yes, they did: "Groupon has agreed to change its product name" http://www.gnome.org/news/2014/11/groupon-has-agreed-to-change-its-product-name/ http://www.gnome.org/news/2014/11/groupon-has-agreed-to-chan... The legal team of course reviews product names pre-launch. This about-face was due to community/Internet pressure.
ajma 12y ago
Sri is the SVP of engineering.

Duhveed 12y ago

Good for Groupon...it's the right thing to do.

frogball 12y ago

Why didn't they just change the name when Gnome told them not to use it? I thought Groupon was a good company. This is just pure evil.

SwellJoe 12y ago
I thought Groupon was a good company. Where would you have gotten that idea? Certainly not from anything Groupon has ever done.

slackstation 12y ago

What is the name in question?

w-ll 12y ago
Groupon was trying to trademark 'Gnome' which was that name for their POS system.

alasdair_ 12y ago

https://twitter.com/Groupon/status/532268238621921280 https://twitter.com/Groupon/status/532268238621921280 "We have decided to abandon our pending trademark applications for #Gnome. Read more: http://gr.pn/gnomeupdate http://gr.pn/gnomeupdate #defendGNOME"

naner 12y ago
Was the naming an honest mistake or deliberate marketing move? :) I've heard absolutely nothing about Groupon recently (they are selling a POS now?!) until this happened. Probably an honest mistake, though. Gnome seems an odd choice for a deliberate trademark conflict.

benbristow 12y ago

The good that came out of this is that GNOME now have tons of money from donations that they're going to put to use improving the GNOME desktop. Woo!

jrcii 12y ago

They should call their product git for "groupon it"