• Debian Perl: Digital Detective

    From Sean Whitton@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 30 20:50:02 2021
    XPost: linux.debian.maint.perl

    Title: "Debian Perl: Digital Detective"
    Subtitle: "The Memory Thief"
    Also on cover: "Solve the case like a coding pro!"

    Blurb:

    Megalopolis used to be the city hub for all the makers, doers, and
    dreamers. It was a better time according to Debian Perl, a
    technomancer known for her out-of-date computer programming
    skills. Now the city streets are filled with "Egg-heads," those in
    thrall to the ease and simplicity of new technology as opposed to
    Debian's way of doing things. Digits is one of those Egg-heads. She
    is a young social media guru and knows her way around all the
    newest, latest technology. Debian and Digits cross paths when they
    both stumble across a 100-year-old lost robot named Ray-Bot. They
    soon learn that Ray-Bot's CPU was suspiciously overclocked, leaving
    him unable to perform basic functions and commands. To find out
    where the robot came from, Debian must teach Digits everything she
    knows about computer coding and programming. Along their journey to
    bring Ray-Bot home, they begin piecing together the mysterious
    puzzle about his malfunction and uncover some sinister secrets.

    Debian Perl: Digital Detective is a five-book series in which
    middle-grade readers will join Debian and Digits on mystery
    adventures all while building practical knowledge of coding,
    algorithms, algebra, and logical problem-solving.

    A bargain at $12.99.

    <https://onipress.com/products/debian-perl-digital-detective>

    --
    Sean Whitton

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  • From Wouter Verhelst@21:1/5 to Sean Whitton on Wed Dec 1 11:10:01 2021
    XPost: linux.debian.maint.perl

    Hi Sean,

    On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 12:24:49PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
    Title: "Debian Perl: Digital Detective"
    Subtitle: "The Memory Thief"
    Also on cover: "Solve the case like a coding pro!"

    Blurb:

    Megalopolis used to be the city hub for all the makers, doers, and
    dreamers. It was a better time according to Debian Perl, a
    technomancer known for her out-of-date computer programming
    skills. Now the city streets are filled with "Egg-heads," those in
    thrall to the ease and simplicity of new technology as opposed to
    Debian's way of doing things. Digits is one of those Egg-heads. She
    is a young social media guru and knows her way around all the
    newest, latest technology. Debian and Digits cross paths when they
    both stumble across a 100-year-old lost robot named Ray-Bot. They
    soon learn that Ray-Bot's CPU was suspiciously overclocked, leaving
    him unable to perform basic functions and commands. To find out
    where the robot came from, Debian must teach Digits everything she
    knows about computer coding and programming. Along their journey to
    bring Ray-Bot home, they begin piecing together the mysterious
    puzzle about his malfunction and uncover some sinister secrets.

    Debian Perl: Digital Detective is a five-book series in which
    middle-grade readers will join Debian and Digits on mystery
    adventures all while building practical knowledge of coding,
    algorithms, algebra, and logical problem-solving.

    A bargain at $12.99.

    <https://onipress.com/products/debian-perl-digital-detective>

    Interesting, but I do wonder how compliant that is with our trademark...?

    --
    w@uter.{be,co.za}
    wouter@{grep.be,fosdem.org,debian.org}

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  • From Sean Whitton@21:1/5 to Wouter Verhelst on Wed Dec 1 21:10:01 2021
    XPost: linux.debian.maint.perl

    Hello,

    On Wed 01 Dec 2021 at 12:06PM +02, Wouter Verhelst wrote:

    Hi Sean,

    On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 12:24:49PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
    Title: "Debian Perl: Digital Detective"
    Subtitle: "The Memory Thief"
    Also on cover: "Solve the case like a coding pro!"

    Blurb:

    Megalopolis used to be the city hub for all the makers, doers, and
    dreamers. It was a better time according to Debian Perl, a
    technomancer known for her out-of-date computer programming
    skills. Now the city streets are filled with "Egg-heads," those in
    thrall to the ease and simplicity of new technology as opposed to
    Debian's way of doing things. Digits is one of those Egg-heads. She
    is a young social media guru and knows her way around all the
    newest, latest technology. Debian and Digits cross paths when they
    both stumble across a 100-year-old lost robot named Ray-Bot. They
    soon learn that Ray-Bot's CPU was suspiciously overclocked, leaving
    him unable to perform basic functions and commands. To find out
    where the robot came from, Debian must teach Digits everything she
    knows about computer coding and programming. Along their journey to
    bring Ray-Bot home, they begin piecing together the mysterious
    puzzle about his malfunction and uncover some sinister secrets.

    Debian Perl: Digital Detective is a five-book series in which
    middle-grade readers will join Debian and Digits on mystery
    adventures all while building practical knowledge of coding,
    algorithms, algebra, and logical problem-solving.

    A bargain at $12.99.

    <https://onipress.com/products/debian-perl-digital-detective>

    Interesting, but I do wonder how compliant that is with our trademark...?

    Mm. Adding trademark@debian.org to To:.

    --
    Sean Whitton

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  • From Russ Allbery@21:1/5 to Wouter Verhelst on Wed Dec 1 20:30:02 2021
    XPost: linux.debian.maint.perl

    Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> writes:

    Interesting, but I do wonder how compliant that is with our
    trademark...?

    At least in the United States the Debian trademark is only in [1]:

    IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer operating systems;
    Computer utility programs.

    My (non-lawyer) understanding of US trademark law is that use in a non-competing field, such as a character in a book, wouldn't be covered.
    I know nothing about non-US trademark law.

    [1] https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4805:7n55lw.2.1
    https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4805:7n55lw.2.2

    --
    Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>

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  • From Felix Lechner@21:1/5 to spwhitton@spwhitton.name on Wed Dec 1 22:40:01 2021
    XPost: linux.debian.maint.perl

    Hi,

    On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 12:09 PM Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> wrote:

    Interesting, but I do wonder how compliant that is with our trademark...?

    Our comments here are limited to avoid potential issues in the future
    under the theory of estoppel [1] but consumers may have to confuse the
    book with our free software distribution, i.e. buy one instead of the
    other.

    Also, please have a closer look at our trademark class [2] which
    includes some downloadable media content, but may or may not apply to
    works of art. [3]

    I have no legal training. Please do not rely on this message in any way. Thanks!

    Kind regards,

    Felix Lechner
    on behalf of the Trademark team

    [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estoppel
    [2] https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/trademark-class-9-computers-scientific-devices.html
    [3] https://www.leidenlawblog.nl/articles/trademarks-in-works-of-art-are-allowed

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