[hackerspaces] MAKErspace.com releases Playbook and updated Tools documents

[Sam Ley]

I wouldn't worry about it, the term is too generic to solidly trademark
(well, you can trademark anything - its the enforcement that is the trick).

-Sam

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Michel Gallant <sfxman at gmail.com> wrote:

> It seems fine now, but wait until Oracle buys them in five years an starts
> enforcing their trademarks ;)
>
>
> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Rose White <rose at yarnivore.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sean,
>>
>> You'll have to ask O'Reilly to be sure, but I did notice this language
>> in the post: "Eventually, we’d like both of these documents to exist
>> online in a form via which we can all freely contribute to the
>> information and refine what we have learned about running
>> Makerspaces."
>>
>> My hope is that they do intend this project as collaborative and not
>> potentially punitive.
>>
>> Rose
>>
>> On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Sean Bonner <sean at seanbonner.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Not me, I have a hackerspace.
>> >
>> > I know people working on other spaces and have been calling them
>> makerspaces and want to know if I should advise them to use some other term
>> >
>> > On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 4:59 PM, Al Jigong Billings <
>> albill at openbuddha.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I'm sure you can use it as long as you don't mind DARPA funding and
>> don't piss anyone off.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Al Jigong Billings
>> >> http://www.openbuddha.com
>> >>
>> >> On Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Sean Bonner wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Is O'Reilly laying claim to the "Makerspace" term now? What I mean is,
>> if someone is setting up a space and has been calling it a Makerspace,
>> should they think of a new term so as not to run afoul of trademarks and
>> whatnot?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >
>> > --
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