Closed Bug 44843 Opened 25 years ago Closed 23 years ago

[TRADEMARK] Remove all references to `Java'

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: Tracking, defect, P4)

Product:
Core Graveyard
Component:
Tracking
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID
Milestone:
Future

People

(Reporter: mpt, Assigned: ron.karim)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [rtm-])

Per Mitchell Baker's comment in bug 43076, `Java' is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, and all references to `Java' should be removed from Mozilla -- in the interface, and in filenames etc. Where applets in general are meant, references to `Java' can be changed to `applet' or `applets' -- this also allows for forward compatibility of interface text if Mozilla supports other applet systems in the future. This bug may be used as a tracking bug for removing particular references to Java in Mozilla.
setting as a tracking bug. I guess individual bugs should be filed on the specific files that use the term and then this bug should be set to depend on them.
Assignee: asa → chofmann
Component: Browser-General → Tracking
QA Contact: doronr → leger
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 44841 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Jan, bug 44841 is about the JavaScript trademark, this bug is about the Java trademark. Did you realize this when you marked this one as a dup of that one? I filed them separately because I guessed that if confirmed, they would need different approaches to solve (since JavaScript is an integral part of Mozilla, whereas Java is not).
reopening
Component: Tracking → Build Config
Keywords: rtm
QA Contact: leger → gbush
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
oops...forgot to set to reopen...doing now.
Marking dependent on bug 44841, since that's where the discussion is happening. Changing to `Tracking' component, since this sure ain't Build Config, and since we don't have a `Legal Issues' component.
Status: REOPENED → NEW
Component: Build Config → Tracking
Depends on: 44841
QA Contact: gbush → chofmann
Summary: Remove all references to `Java' (trademark issue) → [TRADEMARK] Remove all references to `Java'
hmmm. we definitely need more info on this. putting on 'rtm need info' radar. cc'ing Sun folks for their input. reassigning to default component owner since chofmann's on sabbatical. this sounds like it's a mozilla-only issue. do we have different rtm tracking mechanisms for mozilla vs netscape?
Whiteboard: [rtm need info]
Yes, mozilla0.9, mozilla1.0 etc.
Keywords: mozilla1.0
ok, cool. rtm- for Netscape 6.
Whiteboard: [rtm need info] → [rtm-]
Gonna copy some Java Software folks; I really don't know the legal deal here.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
going to give this to george until we know if there is anything that specifically needs to be done.
Assignee: chofmann → drapeau
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
QA Contact: chofmann → drapeau
I'll find a lawyer at Sun and will get a ruling on accepted uses of the word "Java" in Mozilla.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Re-assigning to module owner.
Assignee: drapeau → edburns
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Ron, can you please do what George was going to do on this? ------- Additional Comments From drapeau@eng.sun.com 2001-06-14 01:18 ------- I'll find a lawyer at Sun and will get a ruling on accepted uses of the word "Java" in Mozilla.
Assignee: edburns → ron.karim
Priority: P3 → P4
Target Milestone: --- → Future
George, please make sure that Mozilla derivates are also included.
I don't know whom to make the QA contact for this one, but it's sure not me.
QA Contact: drapeau → edburns
Blocks: 103716
I am not a lawyer. Do NOT take my words for legal advice. I suggest that somebody with managerial authority in the Mozilla Project contact the Netscape or AOL legal department, and ask for a legal opinion on the question posed by this bug.
See bug 44841. /be
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 25 years ago → 23 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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