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Re: Addressing the lack of Trademark License for YouTube, Twitter and Facebook Core Apps

 

On Mar 18, 2013 6:08 PM, "Robert Bruce Park" <robert.park@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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> On 13-03-18 06:02 PM, Shane PIper wrote:
> > The Twitter one is easy: we have been using 'Polly' for a long time
> > for twitter
> >
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/twitter-app-polly-adds-ubuntu-12-10-support
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> Yes,
> >
> but the deeper issue here is that people are going to get an
> Ubuntu Phone, and then think "ugh, why is there no Twitter app? This
> is garbage!", so it's pretty critical that we actually buy the usage
> rights for these trademarks.

Shouldn't we be seeking out these rights before we market ourselves as
having those apps? Seems like business backwards.
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> > Facebook, why not convert Gwibber to be the FB client.
>
> Because the Gwibber and Facebook apps both already exist. You can't
> just say "oh, use Gwibber", people are going to want a Facebook app
> because that's what they've been trained to want by every other phone
> on the market.
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