I guess we can ask him in Phoenix, this website
http://www.trademark-info.net/searchresults.phpshows no listing for 'powered by'
Bob
>I asked him, when he drove with me in my car from Oslo to Prague, whether I could use "Powered by Visual FoxPro" on my website, and he said that I legally could not. At that time Ken was in charge of the VFP division at MSFT, so I guess he knew what he was talking about.
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>>Strange, the powered by logo has been around for a while, you think the MS police would have forced the Wiki to take down the link if they had a problem with it.
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>>Again, not legal advise, just my opinion.
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>>>When I specifically asked Ken about this a few years ago, he told me that "Powered by xxx" is regulated by trademark laws. And that you can NOT write Powered by Visual FoxPro without a written agreement, because then you are violating the copyright laws.
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>>>>There is this one on the Wiki
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http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~PoweredByVisualFoxPro~VFP>>>>
>>>>Havn't seen the one you pointed to before, but I recall Ken L saying that the VFP9 Box artwork could be used, and this looks like that with embelishment, but that is just my opinion, not legal advise.
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>>>>>Hi all
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>>>>>I just recently found a logo that can be put in an application 'Certified Visual FoxPro Evangelist'. Is this usable in copyright terms?
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http://weblogs.foxite.com/kkchan/archive/2006/09/28/2540.aspx
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