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Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

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I do wonder if it’s legally acceptable to use the name “Ubuntu” as part of a different commercial product’s name - especially after acknowledging on the front page that the name “Ubuntu” has been trademarked by Canonical.

Certainly, section 4 of Canonical’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy [0] permits such use only if Canonical were to provide written permission to do so.

I presume they want to use the name until a take down notice arrives from Canonical and benefit from the brand till that time?

Give that Deepin are a company, I would expect their legal team to either prevent such misuse or to ensure that the written permission is stated on the front page.

[0] https://ubuntu.com/legal/intellectual-property-policy

Edit: changed “entity “ to “ product”

Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

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I find it baffling that a website who's sole purpose is to present "the most beautiful desktop environment" would present low resolution, reduced color screenshots to back the claim.

examples: https://ubuntudde.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ubuntudde-l... https://ubuntudde.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ubuntudde-f...

There are better screenshots behind the "Digital Assets" nav link, but I wouldn't have found that, or thought to look there for screenshots if I wasn't concerned about replies to this comment proving me wrong.

Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

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I do wonder if it’s legally acceptable to use the name “Ubuntu” as part of a different commercial product’s name - especially after acknowledging on the front page that the name “Ubuntu” has been trademarked by Canonical. Certainly, section 4 of Canonical’s Intellectual Property Rights Policy [0] permits such use only if Canonical were to provide written permission to do so. I presume they want to use the name until…

Ubuntu Deepin seems to be by an independent developer[1], not the company that created Deepin.

[1] https://github.com/arunpyasi, https://ubuntudde.com/ubuntudde-beta-200410-release-note/

Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

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post #2

Looks pretty, but being a bit out of the loop I'd really appreciate a quick "What's Deepin Desktop Environment?" and why I would want it on the landing page!

It's a pretty debian-based distro. It's made by a company in Wuhan so presumably it has great Chinese character integration, and, by extension, support for other alphabets besides en.

https://www.deepin.org/en/2020/04/15/deepin-20-beta/

Re: Ubuntu Deepin Desktop Environment

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post #5

I find it baffling that a website who's sole purpose is to present "the most beautiful desktop environment" would present low resolution, reduced color screenshots to back the claim. examples: https://ubuntudde.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ubuntudde-l... https://ubuntudde.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ubuntudde-f... There are better screenshots behind the "Digital Assets" nav link, but I wouldn't have found that,…

Desktop environments on Linux is really the most asinine dick swinging contest I have ever witnessed in my life.

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