3 ms·

Trademark isn't only about the ownership of the brand. Its about who can use the brand on what. By using the brand on something else, the reputation can be dam

• akerl_ 2y ago
  Is somebody using the brand on something that isn't OBS? https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mozillateam/firefox/firefox.jammy/files/head:/debian https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~mozillateam/firefox/firefox.ja... is the config for what becomes Ubuntu's firefox package https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/firefox https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/fi... is the equivalent for Arch Both apply different configurations, use different versions of dependencies, and in Arch's case applies a patch to the upstream code. Which of them isn't Firefox?
  • ChrisMarshallNY 2y ago
    I worked for a company that sold high-end imaging equipment. They had distribution networks, authorized to carry their brand. But there were also “gray market” distributors, that would do things like resell foreign market gear, or devices that were separated from sales promotion bundles. These were our brand, but the company would not support them. No hardware fixes (unless paid), no firmware upgrades, and no marketing support. Often, the savings were minimal. It was expensive gear; even at a discount.
  • SpaceNugget 2y ago
    whichever one(s) the owner of the name "firefox" allows to be called firefox. Open source code does not automatically mean you get to use the name of the project in your redistribution of it.