[PLUG] PLUG vs. PLUG
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Mon Jan 19 13:55:19 UTC 2004
Brian Beattie wrote:
>Sabre rattling? That is juts silly, nobody here has suggested any
>action. People have simply pointed out, what they consider the
>inapropriateness of certain actions.
>
>
A> Dan writes:
"Except it doesn't say we *dropped* the name. In fact, PLUG's officers
(official cat herders?) never abandoned the old name. I have used it in
almost every Clinic announcement - which are official PLUG documents - and
Dave Mandel has a DBA on it with the State of Oregon. Further we have a
ten year history of use which gives us a *legal* right to that name."
B> Randall writes:
"Thanks for the bug report. Geoff, please apply this patch:
--- plug-history.html-orig 2004-01-19 10:57:54.000000000 -0800
+++ plug-history.html 2004-01-19 11:07:18.000000000 -0800
@@ -275,6 +275,11 @@
well as Linux. In September 1998, PLUG changed it's name to
reflect this reality. Thus, PLUG's official name was changed from
the Portland Linux Users Group to the Portland Linux/Unix Group.
+ At the time this discussion took place, it was agreed that
+ <i>both<i> names would remain acceptable, and that usage pattern
+ continues to this very day. For example, see
+ <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Portland+Linux+User+Group%22">
+ Google</a>.
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<li>"
Both of the above snips from this thread do suggest action. Snip A suggests action will be taken to protect legal rights and snip B calls for manipulation of the original web site content.
This is were I came to the conclusion of "sabre-rattling". I apologize if I missed the true intent of these original statements but I'm sure that you can see how I came to this conclusion.
Steve
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