[Bug 4103] Questionable use of fictitious corp. name "Contoso Ltd."

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=4103

           Summary: Questionable use of fictitious corp. name "Contoso Ltd."
           Product: WS-Policy
           Version: FPWD
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Primer
        AssignedTo: chrisfer@us.ibm.com
        ReportedBy: chrisfer@us.ibm.com
         QAContact: public-ws-policy-qa@w3.org


Title: Questionable use of fictitious corp. name "Contoso Ltd."

Description: The Primer uses a fictitious corporation name, Contoso Ltd.,
throughout the Primer in its running example. It isn't clear that use of such a
fictitious name, without w3c copyright/trademark ownership, is advisable.
Should a company be incorporated with that name, then the Policy 1.5 primer
would be in essence providing it with free advertising... Worse, the company
might sue the W3C for copyright/trademark infringement.

Justification: see description

Proposed Resolution: Change all occurances of "Contoso" and/or "Contoso Ltd."
to "Example.com" and change all "real.contoso.com" domain references to
"example.com".

Received on Wednesday, 20 December 2006 16:51:01 UTC