26 Aug
2006
26 Aug
'06
6:01 p.m.
On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 06:17:00PM -0400, Rob wrote:
So if they are calling themselves open source (note: I
don't
think they are) then they would be violating the trademark of
Eric Raymond and his buddies. On the other hand, I have no idea
whether the OSI has gone after violators of its trademark the
way the FSF has gone after GPL violations on software to which
it holds the copyright. Trademarks can be diluted, as you just
did ever-so-slightly with your assertion above.
They aren't going after people misusing the term Open Source. I heard
that directly from one of their people when I tried to report a blatant
misuse.
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