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Nexus is from latin, and sonotype still uses the name.

• thaumasiotes 3y ago
  Nexus is also an ordinary English word in current use.
  • Someone 3y ago
    That doesn’t necessarily make it free from trademark or copyright issues. Examples: “Apple” (https://www.apple.com/legal/intellectual-property/guidelinesfor3rdparties.html https://www.apple.com/legal/intellectual-property/guidelines..., https://www.apple.com/legal/intellectual-property/trademark/appletmlist.html https://www.apple.com/legal/intellectual-property/trademark/...), “Windows” (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/trademarks https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/t..., https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RWArzw https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RW...)
    • thaumasiotes 3y ago
      But it's more relevant than the fact that the same word exists in Latin. On a similar note, trademark issues can't apply to Bladerunner, because it isn't a vendor.