Linbot

[Oleg Broytmann]

Hi!

   Thank you. Good luck!

On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, marduk wrote:
> I have been forced to refrain from using the name "Linbot" from anything
> I'm associated with.  This was a result of a Cease and Desist from
> www.watchfire.com .  Their claim is that Linbot infringed upon their
> (pending) trademark on Linkbot.  As a "quick fix" I took down the web site
> and renamed the mailing list.
> 
> I haven't decided yet what to do from there.  As I haven't worked on
> Linbot in a while and haven't had time to.  My primary concern right now
> is to make sure I don't get sued.  I guess I could re-release Linbot under
> a different name, but my fear is that a new wave of email will come in
> requesting bug fixes and new features and I cannot promise those at this
> time.
> 
> An announcement will be made as to the future of the Software Formerly
> Known as Linbot.  The truth is I like to continue to develop it and I have
> a lot of cool ideas for it, but lately it hasn't been on my list of
> priorities.  The trademark thing kind of took me by surprise.  The
> software has had that name for almost three years and it just so happens
> to be near dead when I get slammed with a Cease and Desist.
> 
> --marduk

Oleg.
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     Oleg Broytmann            http://phd.pp.ru/            phd at phd.pp.ru
           Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.