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I think I was not clear enough: I too believe that registering the term as a trademark does no good to the developer community. But I don't think that the reaso

• Udo 13y ago
  > But I don't think that the reasons behind this have to be some kind of extortion scheme Well, that is what is actually happening out there as we speak, so there is really no room for interpretation here. It's clear what their scheme is and they implemented it as quickly as they possibly could. > I would like to see the trademark go away, I just don't like how quickly accusations came up. That licensing extortion letter looked pretty genuine to me, so I don't think this falls under the definition of mere accusations anymore. Once again, it's what's actually happening. They were accusations when the first thread about the trademark started, but now there is actual hard evidence that our assumptions were in fact correct. And just to be sure, it would not have made any sense for that company to register the trademark if they did not have a plan exactly like this. So it's not really a surprise either. > No. So there is absolutely no connection? I apologize if this is true and I'm being overly cynical.