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The founder of MO was on the SO podcast last week ( http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/03/podcast-86/ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/03/podcast-86/ ), and t
by sparky 17y ago
The founder of MO was on the SO podcast last week ( http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/03/podcast-86/ http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/03/podcast-86/ ), and they didn't seem to have any problem with it. They're pretty easy-going. That said, SO is trying to get VC funding, and their investors may not be so charitable.
- digitallogic 17y agoGiven that MO is a customer via their 'stack-exchange' program (http://stackexchange.com/ http://stackexchange.com/) I don't see that as becoming a problem.
- durana 17y agoI thought there was something with trademark laws that meant owners had to actively protect their marks or risk losing the ability to pursue legal action against infringement. So even though SO and MO are buddy-buddy, couldn't allowing MO to use their name as is theoretically jeopardize SO's trademark?
- duck 17y agoYeah, I doubt it will be an issue legal-wise, but that is a pretty terrible domain name. First the overflow bit and then the .net, just doesn't make sense.