Originally posted by an0n
WTF?
How come Lindows can get away with the similarity on a "Generic word" defence but wxWindows can't?
Easy. Lindows has at least some monetary clout. The wxWindows gang don't have any. They can't even afford to fight a fight they'd win.
As much as I'd like to blame the current administration here for this sort of thing (corporate cheerleaderism, etc), this is down to a British trademark, not an American one. Further, Microsoft did not "force". They did things politely, as the wxwindows.com site explains. This is NOT like the MikeRoweSoft.com thing. At least Microsoft is giving them some payola for their troubles. If it comes down to a choice between paying to fight a battle against the big corporate giant, or getting paid to throw the fight... well, hey, its just an API. Fess up the cash.
I suspect that the package will be renamed 'wxWidgets' and the actual API will remain unchanged.
I like wxWindows. Shame its so hard to get it to play with pygame.
