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There's a problem with your argument (replacing 'copyright' for 'trademark' as others have pointed out). What level of name protection applies to command-line
by dalke 10y ago
There's a problem with your argument (replacing 'copyright' for 'trademark' as others have pointed out).
What level of name protection applies to command-line tools? For example, can the GNU project replace existing Unix tools with their own implementations which have the same executable name?
- wyldfire 10y agoyes, absolutely they can. In fact, they almost certainly DID! GNU's legacy was in creating tools that were compatible reaplcements for Solaris/Unix/etc ones.
- umanwizard 10y agoJust because someone did something without getting sued doesn't necessarily mean it was legal.