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Given all the other trademarks in open source [1], can you tell me why this is even relevant? [1] -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trademarked_open-sourc

• echelon 4y ago
  These trademarks appear to be owned by the body that created the software in question. Web assembly isn't just Wasmer. This move is like trying to trademark "internet" or "hyperlink" or "metaverse".
• lofatdairy 4y ago
  Typically the trademarks are held by the collation/organization behind the OSS or the open standard. Either that, or held by the person/org who created the software and released it. Here, wasmer is not the inventor of WebAssembly, and the group behind webassembly (the w3c community group and w3c working group) [^1] probably would be the ones you'd expect to own the trademark. It seems part of the motivation for Wasmer to apply for the trademark was because they felt snubbed by the Bytecode alliance [^2] and wanted to start their own foundation (with blackjack and hookers, presumably). The Bytecode alliance doesn't own any of the trademarks either, and seems to be more of a collaborative effort, but is worth mentioning as part of the overall story. [^1]: Groups listed here: https://webassembly.org/ https://webassembly.org/. and members here: https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Member/List and https://www.w3.org/community/webassembly/participants https://www.w3.org/community/webassembly/participants. Note that a few Wasmer employees (the CEO, for one) belong to the community group, but don't chair it. [^2]: https://bytecodealliance.org/ https://bytecodealliance.org/ and https://wasmer.io/posts/wasmer-and-trademarks https://wasmer.io/posts/wasmer-and-trademarks