[pLog-svn] news from the amazon.com issue

[Oscar Renalias]

Hi there,

spoke this evening (GMT+3) to Jeff Barr from Amazon.com and clearly
the issue is that Amazon wants the "plog" name back. Their trademark
was registered in Jan 2003, about half a year earlier than we started
the project in sf.net.

He said that amazon.com wants to deal with this in a nice and easy
way. He said amazon.com will cover any expenses that this will/could
generate (getting new domains, transferring the current ones, etc),
and will even help promoting the project. I am still waiting for their
proposal but there'll be a "transition period" of like 6 months so
that users have enough time to get used to this.

It's kind of a bummer after all this time but I don't think that there
is much we can do... and I haven't got the time to engage in any legal
battle, either. I will still check with the EFF and see whether they
have any further advice, wait for Amazon's proposal and then think
about it.

Feel free to comment.

Oscar