[Playlist] New "valid XSPF" button proposal

[Robert Buchholz]

On Saturday, 23. June 2007 01:29, Lucas Gonze wrote:
> If we're not using the trademark to enforce validity, what would we
> use it for?  What sort of parasitical behaviors are we worried about?

As the name is not copyrighted, you are keeping anyone else from using 
it in/for their own products, which is the extent I would find  
acceptable.
I do see your point in enforcing validity when using XSPF, but I also 
believe it should not be by law; someone using it should not have to 
fear monetary penalties when doing it the wrong way.

> I have gone through this process with Webjay, and it's a long road to
> go down without a lawyer.  Our original plan to trademark "XSPF" went
> bust when Xiph's in-house pro-bono lawyer graduated from law school
> and disappeared.

You could try to contact the Software Freedom Law Center [1] for help.

-R.


[1] http://www.softwarefreedom.org/