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How does this guideline apply to, say, Github or Gitlab? Edit: Someone in a different comment said those cases are grandfathered because they named themselves

by csense 5y ago

How does this guideline apply to, say, Github or Gitlab? Edit: Someone in a different comment said those cases are grandfathered because they named themselves before Git was trademarked

detaro 5y ago
Their use of those names predates the policy (and the git trademark), projects like that got exceptions.
- metadat 5y ago
  So GitHub.com is blessed, but no newcomers can use it? Cool...so exclusive. /s
  - bombcar 5y ago
    I mean at least GitHub and gitlab actually have something to do with git.
    - metadat 5y ago
      But if I make an even better gitlabhub app at metagit.com, I'll be in violation.
      - woodruffw 5y ago
        Unless you ask the SFC for permission to use their trademark. They're pretty reasonable people. Alternatively, you could name your project $FOO and host your Git service on `git.$FOO.tld`.
- saurik 5y ago
  I wish this applied to (or would get enforced against) Gitcoin, which doesn't actually have anything--afaik--to do with git (it is just attempting to fund open source development in general, and seems to have just glommed onto "git" as "I guess this has something to do with open source").
alfiedotwtf 5y ago
I thought you couldn't register trademarks that were already in use?