Re: Name clash with Microsoft Longhorn "LUA"

["Michael Newberry" <mnewberry@...>]

Yeah, I know this is like "David met Goliath and forgot his sling", but I 
would think this is a good place for a lawsuit based on pre-existing rights. 
Microsoft certainly had to know that the Lua language pre-existed. But they 
probably didn't care. I would think that the Government of Brazil would have 
the national interest and pride in Lua and what it is spinning-off, that it 
might front such a legal challenge...

Michael

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Pall" <mikelu-0504@mike.de>
To: <lua@bazar2.conectiva.com.br>
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 7:22 AM
Subject: Name clash with Microsoft Longhorn "LUA"


> Hi,
>
> Microsoft has decided to redesign the permission model in the
> upcoming release of Windows (code name Longhorn). Unfortunately
> they named a key part of this model "LUA":
>
> Quoted from
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnlong/html/leastprivlh.asp
>
>  "LUA, or Least-Privilege User Account, is an acronym I'm sure
>  you'll see repeated over and over in Microsoft presentations
>  from now on."
>
> It's already in the press and they even have a "Lua logo" program
> (but I haven't seen the logo yet):
> http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php/id;2025555413;fp;2;fpid;1
>
>
> FWIW this will negatively impact the searchability for Lua resources
> and add a lot of confusion. From now on you always have to explain
> that you are talking about "Lua, the programming language" vs.
> the MS LUA.
>
> If the authors of Lua have any trademarks or other rights of the
> name "Lua" in the field of computing I suggest to contact MS ASAP.
>
> Bye,
>     Mike