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2009-08-29 , 18:17
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BTW I'm currently working with some experienced folks on an unofficial Maemo news and reviews website, will give more details when it's ready for public consumption. Hopefully it can be included in the maemo.org aggregator once it's got started.

Now that Maemo is on phones, expect the flood gates to open with regard to third party Maemo sites including commercial ones.
 

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BTW I'm currently working with some experienced folks on an unofficial Maemo news and reviews website.
That's the other 'maemo' site I was referring to.
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I know a couple more that are coming with 'maemo' (mine included lol). Actually, these sites do more good than bad as they tend to promote the product(s) more, and sending C&D letters to these sites will just fuel negativity towards the company.
If you're commenting on a product rather than launching a rival, it's okay to use trademarks in your site's name. For example in the 1980s there were dozens of unauthorised commercial computer magazines which used trademarks like Sinclair, Commodore, Apple etc and none of them were ever sued (at least not successfully). As long as you don't use the trademark's logo, and as long as you make it clear it's unofficial, you should be fine.

In any case I think everyone's on safe ground with Nokia as they are more likely to send you a free loan device than a takedown notice. The other week Nokia sent me this:

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/...an_450_ant.php
 

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The other week Nokia sent me this:

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/...an_450_ant.php
Too funny.
 
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Originally Posted by krisse View Post
If you're commenting on a product rather than launching a rival, it's okay to use trademarks in your site's name. ...As long as you don't use the trademark's logo, and as long as you make it clear it's unofficial, you should be fine.
Not every time. I still remember getting take down calls from Palm and Sony since I used 'Palm' and 'Clié' respectively on site names. Both did however give an option to indicate at the bottom of the site that it's not in any way affiliated with the company.

I agree the Nokia is pretty lenient = cool.

Now, where can I get an accessory like that for the N900?
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Apparently you are not a -users subscriber, but Ben Kenobi put it best when he said of maemo-users "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy."
Then it's not an oversight - posts from the users mailing list have intentionally been replaced with posts from the developers mailing list?
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Then it's not an oversight - posts from the users mailing list have intentionally been replaced with posts from the developers mailing list?
No, it's just the way it is.

Either way, posts from the -developers mailing list are actually on-topic, interesting and productive, while posts from the -users mailing list are off-topic, filled with inaccurate information, and generally harmful to the tone and productivity of the community.
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
No, it's just the way it is.

Either way, posts from the -developers mailing list are actually on-topic, interesting and productive, while posts from the -users mailing list are off-topic, filled with inaccurate information, and generally harmful to the tone and productivity of the community.
I don't want to debate the decision (at least at the moment), just confirm it was intentional.
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I don't want to debate the decision...
Sorry, but I'm lost. What decision?
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Sorry, but I'm lost. What decision?
I'll repeat the thinking. As you know we have the community webpage (http://maemo.org/community/) and the development webpage (http://maemo.org/development/). I remarked that it was odd that the lower right of the community webpage has recent posts from the developers mailing list.

How did this happen? I speculated that it was a mistake (as one would expect recent posts from the developers mailing to be put on only the development webpage and the posts from another mailing list to be on the community webpage). But GA weighed in with some negative comments about the quality of posts on the user mailing lists. So what decision was made?
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