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still not appropriate to refer to it as "Google Ion" or even "Google's Ion"
by ZenPsycho 11y ago
still not appropriate to refer to it as "Google Ion" or even "Google's Ion"
- microcolonel 11y ago"Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved." Is in all of the files. It's hardly imprudent to call it Google's. If it's not Google's, it's nobody's. Could go for "Google publishes Ion, a cross-platform OpenGL abstraction."
- ZenPsycho 11y agoThere is a subtle and nuanced difference between simply owning the IP for something, and endorsing it as an officially supported product.
- robotresearcher 11y agoThat's right. But 'Google's' covers both cases. Evidence: case a: Bernie Sanders' socks. case b: Bernie Sanders' campaign promises. You weren't confused by the nuanced difference in ownership and endorsement, but you learned more about the socks - and may be more interested in them - than if the name was omitted.
- mpweiher 11y agoDunno, these two seem different to me: "Google Ion" -- officially endorsed project "Google's Ion" -- something owned/done by Google