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Legal
The OmegaT+ project produces free open source software(FOSS). The main license that the software is released under is the General Public License (GPL) version 2+. Other licenses are used for certain applications. The applications developed are based on original work and third party applications and library, those being released under similar FOSS licenses. Thus, the works available here are completely legitimate variations on other works available eleswhere.
Disclaimer
All software, documentation, and images related to this project are copyright of their respective holders. Please refer to the copyright notices that accompany the applications, or any part thereof, for more information. The project, any of its members, or contributors are not responsible for any consequences that could result from use of said software, documentation, or the contributions that have been or will be made to the project. All software provided here comes WITHOUT WARRANTY and you agree by downloading any of the software to abide by any and all licences that are applicable. Read the licences that come with the software to understand the rights granted and the obligations that must be fulfilled.
Trademarks
Trademarks on free software are anathema to the cause of free software and constitute a threat to the future of free software that slows the adoption and innovation that could result otherwise. Free software can form ecosystems that evolve. Retaining the same or similar names for related software encourages that evolution more than forcing forked applications to change names. This is exactly the view that free software is built on. It is only proprietary interests that have forced trademarks into the free software world. And this is a future problem that the free software world is going to have to deal with, just as it is now having to look more closely at patent issues than it did in the past.
The OmegaT project claims to have a trademark on the term OmegaT. The validity of this claim, to date, can only be shown to extend to use of the term in Germany. OmegaT provided the registration number (306017997) of the trademark and the related documentation can be found at the relevant government site (search it).
OmegaT members have tried to use this fact as a mechanism to propagate slanderous accusations against OmegaT+ and launch personal attacks for using a variation of it on another piece of free open source software. At the same time, they make no efforts to clearly represent the actual extent of the trademark to the public. When asked, they only state that OmegaT is a trademark, but not where it applies. Thus, this could be viewed as an attempt to mislead the public by not providing information in a transparent manner. When asked if it is an international trademark, no response is ever given. A case of deception by obscurity may be at hand.
Regardless, the OmegaT+ project has been using the terms omegat and OmegaT+ for more than four years in various places and on different software products without issue, besides the threats and wrangling of disgruntled OmegaT members and fanboys. Obviously, their efforts carry little weight in regard to their claims.
Logo images and others produced for OmegaT+ can be considered trademarks of myself and this project if used in conjunction with products that are of lesser quality for the same or future versions of the software (no passing-off). Otherwise, they can be used in the same sense that copyrighted GPL software can (unmodified and positively modified distribution).
Copyrights
All text content on the OmegaT+ website pages is released under the Open Publication License.
Licence
Copyright (C) 2005-2009 by Raymond: Martin. This material may be distributed only subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v1.0 or later (the latest version is presently available at http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/). Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder. Distribution of the work or derivative of the work in any standard (paper) book form is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder.