Anthony wrote:
On 10/21/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
"Wikipedia: The Missing Manual"
Did he get permission to use the Wikipedia trademark in his book title? If not, I say threaten to sue unless he releases the book under a free content license. I'm serious.
IANAL, but I believe that you can't stop people from talking about you by demanding they not use your trademarked name.
Given that O'Reilly already publishes a number of books that are also available under free-content licenses, you might do better through polite requests than legal threats. Depending on their sales curve, opening it up at some point could well give them a nice sales boost.
William