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Signal isn’t saying no one can use the word signal. The problem arises when you use all of their branding together in such a way that could plausibly fool someo
by cyberphobe 4y ago
Signal isn’t saying no one can use the word signal. The problem arises when you use all of their branding together in such a way that could plausibly fool someone into thinking it’s their software, which very much appears to have happened here (see this entire thread full of people who installed this trademark violating build thinking it was legit)
- jdiff 4y agoSignal is not saying this, as evidenced by the cofounder saying that this is all a misunderstanding and that they're working to undo what's been done.
- cyberphobe 4y agoyeah I noticed that. Quite a reversal from their previous position, which was incredibly clear. I wonder if they'll extend this policy to other groups that have previously been shut down for doing the same thing (F-Droid being the obvious one here).