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IMNAL but... Rust the name is a trademark and the software licenses deal with copyright. Someone can hard fork under a different name and the copyright carries
by mfer 7y ago
IMNAL but...
Rust the name is a trademark and the software licenses deal with copyright. Someone can hard fork under a different name and the copyright carries but the trademark wouldn't. Plus, this isn't an EULA where more info is conveyed.
Not sure there is a clean way to fit multiple separate things into a copyright policy and maybe IP grant. Trademark law works a little different, right?
- dlor 7y agoThis was my understanding on how these things worked as well. But again, not a lawyer. In Kubernetes-land, the code is all standard Apache 2 but the trademark is governed by a custom set of policies the community decided on. For example, companies must pass the conformance program before they can use the name in marketing.