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Ramification… if using names requires permission, cities such as New York and San Francisco have a problems too, with effects fully as big as those in the softw
by Arnt 4y ago
Ramification… if using names requires permission, cities such as New York and San Francisco have a problems too, with effects fully as big as those in the software industry.
- eesmith 4y agoMore about this at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34327455 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34327455 from 3 days ago. 133 comments. Your comment shifted the topic. Natives in Tech made a request. There is no requirement, and I didn't see anyone requesting a requirement. More importantly, we've long ago required permission to use some names. Not only trademark, but in the US there are special protections for "Olympics" (and associated terms and symbols; https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/220506 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/220506 ) and "Red Cross" (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/706 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/706 ), and likely other terms. And you're right, these have large effects. But you're already so used to the effects you likely forgot they exist. New York is derived from "York" which is derived from a word meaning "place of the yew trees". Who would we ask for permission? I don't think any yew trees are complaining.