[svlug] limewire on Linux

[Don Marti]

begin Joe Buck quotation of Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 03:06:08PM -0800:

> If that's the concern, people can obtain the software directly from
> limewire.com, either the binaries or the source, and go after them if they
> violate their "no spyware, no adware, no trojan horse" pledge.

Try a Google search for either "Firefox" or
"Limewire".  Notice the top ad results, appearing
above the official site -- unofficial sites offering
free downloads of the software.

Spyware-infected?

You know to go to the dot org, and I know to go to
the dot org, but if someone didn't know, who knows
what they'll end up with?

> Trademarks
> offer no protection against crooks, because crooks will ignore the
> trademark.  Someone unethical enough to offer a modified Firefox
> with malware added isn't going to say, I was all set to steal everyone's
> credit card numbers, but oh no, I can't, because there's a TRADEMARK!

Of course not, but Mozilla can complain to Google,
and Google will make the spyware site stop using the
trademark without permission in their ad.

> Furthermore, trademark law wouldn't stop someone from packaging Firefox
> together with an adware program in the same zip file or on the same CD.

If the way it's presented is likely to deceive a
user that the origin of the spyware is the same as
the origin of Firefox, it could.

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Don Marti                    
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