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Yes, and no trademark policy in the world can make uttering the trademark a forbidden word that no one is ever allowed to say/write.
by hobofan 4y ago
Yes, and no trademark policy in the world can make uttering the trademark a forbidden word that no one is ever allowed to say/write.
- throwawaymaths 4y agoWhy risk it
- hobofan 4y agoThe point is: There is no risk. That's the same as taking homeopathics, "just in case". In the end the only thing that does (apart from possible placebo effect) is signal to everyone that you don't have any understanding of the basics of natural sciences (or in this matter the basics of trademark law).
- spion 4y agoThen why is the foundation adding language that signals their intention to sue people who use the trademark in domain names, learning material, packages and so on?
- nix0n 4y agoGetting sued can be expensive, even if there is little chance of losing the suit.
- Brian_K_White 4y agoThe point is, yes there is, and that it doesn't matter if the document would fail in a court challenge, it's still the document they wrote and the terms they obviously want and think are reasonable, and so it is only reasonable to assume they will try to defend them. If you want to flout them and get them to sue you so that you can force it to be challenenged in court and hopefully you win and open the door for everyone else, I'm sure they would all appreciate it. But even aside from whether it would hold up in court or not, it's already a problem that they even tried to claim such things. They should absolutely be criticized for that. It is not only impeccably fair to criticize them for that document, but there is no more perfectly fair and unassailable way to do it than by simply taking it at it's word and adhering to what it says. No matter how you try to slice it, it's just not even slightly unreasonable to simply do what the Rust Foundation commanded everyone to do.