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They had already lost control of the term by 1999 when they tried to trademark it: https://opensource.org/pressreleases/certified-open-source.php https://opens
by lolinder 2y ago
They had already lost control of the term by 1999 when they tried to trademark it:
https://opensource.org/pressreleases/certified-open-source.php https://opensource.org/pressreleases/certified-open-source.p...
- klez 2y agoI'm not sure I understand the reasoning that "no trademark" == "no authority". Taxonomists don't have a trademark on "Canis familiaris" but we tend to respect their opinion on what is or isn't a "Canis familiaris". If someone points to a dingo and tells me "that's a Canis familiaris", I say "it isn't, according to taxonomists" and they told me "who died and made taxonomists the sole authority" I would raise an eyebrow.