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"QR code" is a trademark of Denso Corporation, and refers to a specific technology. I'm unsure why news sources continue to misreport that the data is stored in
by Zamicol 5y ago
"QR code" is a trademark of Denso Corporation, and refers to a specific technology. I'm unsure why news sources continue to misreport that the data is stored in "QR code". The correct term is "2D barcode".
Looking at their github, "QR code" is glaringly elided from their README. I'd guess they're very familiar with the standing QR code trademark.
https://github.com/piql/boxing https://github.com/piql/boxing
Piql's 2D barcode technology is called a "boxing barcode". It is not a QR code. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_barcode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_barcode
- Jtsummers 5y agoI suspect QR code has become kleenexed. Technically a trademark for a specific brand and group of products, but everyone buying Puff's or their store brand still seems to say, "Pass the kleenex".
- robbedpeter 5y agoDid you Google any of that? :p The terms 2d or boxing barcode are likely to be unfamiliar to most people, but everyone with a smartphone is likely to have heard of QR codes at some point, and thinks of them as such. Branding and common vernacular are the enemy of precise language, so... good for Denso, I guess.
- Zamicol 5y agoI've been on this rant for a while: https://twitter.com/Zamicol/status/1284613190215593984 https://twitter.com/Zamicol/status/1284613190215593984 https://old.reddit.com/r/github/comments/htoq8u/where_to_find_the_code_for_the_arctic_code_vault/ https://old.reddit.com/r/github/comments/htoq8u/where_to_fin... I've done a lot of work with QR Codes for work: https://github.com/davidshimjs/qrcodejs/issues/83 https://github.com/davidshimjs/qrcodejs/issues/83