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I was confused, so I checked: this is not related in any way to the Infrastructure as Code tool.

by rpadovani 4y ago

JustSomePackets 4y ago
I was also confused, thank you for checking and posting.
- Fargoan 4y ago
  How were you confused? Did you not read the article?
  - kube-system 4y ago
    1. The article does not mention that this is unaffiliated with Hashicorp. 2. > Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - Fargoan 4y ago
      1. It's a crypto news website 2. Why would you comment on an article if you haven't read it?
      - stavros 4y ago
        I call it "optimistic branch prediction".
  - cercatrova 4y ago
    Why read the article when you can go to the comments to find a correction? I very rarely if ever read the article these days as usually commentors here have much more pertinent and correct information.
digianarchist 4y ago
I believe this is the name of the parent company behind the Luna cryptocurrency.
- paulgb 4y ago
  Yes. Hashicorp is the company behind Terraform, Terraform Labs is the company behind Luna. The way you can tell them apart is that Hashicorp Terraform stabilizes at the state you configure it to, whereas Terraform Labs stabilizes at zero.
  - holiveros 4y ago
    Hahahaha, spilled my coffee over this :P
orangepurple 4y ago
The title reads like some sort of experimental tech incubator within Hashicorp's Terraform team is shadily transferring millions. Hashicorp should sue for trademark dilution.
- LeifCarrotson 4y ago
  They chose a single English word as their trademark, there are dozens of others already using very similar marks: https://uspto.report/Search/terraform https://uspto.report/Search/terraform They shouldn't be surprised if someone else also uses the same word. I'm a big fan of Yiotro Games and his naming system for Antiyoy/Bleentoro/Achikaps/Shproty: Come up with a series of letters that are easy to read, pronounce, and remember, and which are not already words when naming a project. This results in no trouble with trademarks or domain names, gives easy SEO, and isn't that hard.
  - kube-system 4y ago
    Trademarks are industry specific, you specify what products/services you'll be using it for when you register. Because, for example, consumers aren't confused by an airline named "Delta" and a plumbing manufacturer called "Delta". Hashicorp's registration has a pretty decent lock on various descriptions of computer software.
  - orangepurple 4y ago
    I got a good laugh out of Hashicorp's trademark registration. Cutlery??? Musical Instruments??? Fire-extinguishing apparatus??? Was someone drunk when filing? As part of their trademark documentation they took screenshots of Google search results and API docs (LOL) https://uspto.report/TM/88470183 https://uspto.report/TM/88470183 Primary US Classes 021: Electrical Apparatus, Machines and Supplies 023: Cutlery, Machinery, Tools and Parts Thereof 026: Measuring and Scientific Appliances 036: Musical Instruments and Supplies 038: Prints and Publications Primary International Class 009 - Primary Class (Electrical and scientific apparatus) Scientific, nautical, surveying, electric, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signaling, checking (supervision), lifesaving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers; fire-extinguishing apparatus. The same goes for their T logo trademark: https://uspto.report/TM/88470285 https://uspto.report/TM/88470285 All of Hashicorp: https://uspto.report/company/Hashicorp-Inc https://uspto.report/company/Hashicorp-Inc
_57jb 4y ago
Same here, I almost fell out of my chair.
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I was confused, so I checked: this is not related in any way to the Infrastructure as Code tool.

JustSomePackets 4y ago

I was also confused, thank you for checking and posting.

Fargoan 4y ago
How were you confused? Did you not read the article?
- kube-system 4y ago
  1. The article does not mention that this is unaffiliated with Hashicorp. 2. > Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - Fargoan 4y ago
    1. It's a crypto news website 2. Why would you comment on an article if you haven't read it?
    - stavros 4y ago
      I call it "optimistic branch prediction".
- cercatrova 4y ago
  Why read the article when you can go to the comments to find a correction? I very rarely if ever read the article these days as usually commentors here have much more pertinent and correct information.

digianarchist 4y ago

I believe this is the name of the parent company behind the Luna cryptocurrency.

paulgb 4y ago
Yes. Hashicorp is the company behind Terraform, Terraform Labs is the company behind Luna. The way you can tell them apart is that Hashicorp Terraform stabilizes at the state you configure it to, whereas Terraform Labs stabilizes at zero.
- holiveros 4y ago
  Hahahaha, spilled my coffee over this :P

orangepurple 4y ago

The title reads like some sort of experimental tech incubator within Hashicorp's Terraform team is shadily transferring millions. Hashicorp should sue for trademark dilution.

LeifCarrotson 4y ago
They chose a single English word as their trademark, there are dozens of others already using very similar marks: https://uspto.report/Search/terraform https://uspto.report/Search/terraform They shouldn't be surprised if someone else also uses the same word. I'm a big fan of Yiotro Games and his naming system for Antiyoy/Bleentoro/Achikaps/Shproty: Come up with a series of letters that are easy to read, pronounce, and remember, and which are not already words when naming a project. This results in no trouble with trademarks or domain names, gives easy SEO, and isn't that hard.
- kube-system 4y ago
  Trademarks are industry specific, you specify what products/services you'll be using it for when you register. Because, for example, consumers aren't confused by an airline named "Delta" and a plumbing manufacturer called "Delta". Hashicorp's registration has a pretty decent lock on various descriptions of computer software.
- orangepurple 4y ago
  I got a good laugh out of Hashicorp's trademark registration. Cutlery??? Musical Instruments??? Fire-extinguishing apparatus??? Was someone drunk when filing? As part of their trademark documentation they took screenshots of Google search results and API docs (LOL) https://uspto.report/TM/88470183 https://uspto.report/TM/88470183 Primary US Classes 021: Electrical Apparatus, Machines and Supplies 023: Cutlery, Machinery, Tools and Parts Thereof 026: Measuring and Scientific Appliances 036: Musical Instruments and Supplies 038: Prints and Publications Primary International Class 009 - Primary Class (Electrical and scientific apparatus) Scientific, nautical, surveying, electric, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signaling, checking (supervision), lifesaving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers; fire-extinguishing apparatus. The same goes for their T logo trademark: https://uspto.report/TM/88470285 https://uspto.report/TM/88470285 All of Hashicorp: https://uspto.report/company/Hashicorp-Inc https://uspto.report/company/Hashicorp-Inc

_57jb 4y ago

Same here, I almost fell out of my chair.

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