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Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

The Linux Foundation has become a patent troll

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The Linux Foundation has become a patent troll

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Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

Steve Lord (@[email protected])

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Attached: 1 image Hey @[email protected] why are you sending takedowns on redbubble for generic Unix terms and project names you don't own?

It seems that the Linux Foundation has decided that both “systemd” and “segmentation fault” (lol?) are trademarked by them.

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I’m interested to hear your novel theories about how trademarks and patents are related
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  It’s called the “US Patent and Trademark Office”, so they must be basically the same thing, right‽
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  They can’t until their patent is granted for it 😂

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