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> I can implement IEEE1275-1994 as fully closed sourced code and call it open firmware. Hardly. You can call it Open Firmware(TM), not open firmware.
by hlandau 7y ago
> I can implement IEEE1275-1994 as fully closed sourced code and call it open firmware.
Hardly. You can call it Open Firmware(TM), not open firmware.
- pgeorgi 7y agoI implemented OF over 15 years ago, and even back then the OF trademark had lapsed. Just tried again and I can't seem to find it.
- hlandau 7y agoAnd? (TM) is used to denote unregistered trademarks, as opposed to (R) for registered trademarks. Which is in any case irrelevant. Open Firmware != open firmware.
- pgeorgi 7y agoThe Open Firmware Working Group's website at https://www.devicetree.org/open-firmware/home.html https://www.devicetree.org/open-firmware/home.html mentions the OpenBoot(tm) trademark, but uses Open Firmware without any signifier. (and they should know) Given that there's apparently no protection at all, I see no reason why I'd have to adhere to your wish to use 1275's way of writing O and F in upper case. So yes, I _can_ call it open firmware.
- hlandau 7y agoI don't think you understand how this works. My calling it "Open Firmware" has nothing to do with its trademarked status. It is a proper noun. Open Firmware != open firmware.
- pgeorgi 7y ago> You can call it Open Firmware(TM), not open firmware. let's shorten the other thread, since you just reiterate the same claim all the time without backing it up: I reject your prescriptivism just like I reject snagglegaggle's.