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Sorry, no reference. But I recall the term was not eligible for a trademark for some reason.
by flomo 12y ago
Sorry, no reference. But I recall the term was not eligible for a trademark for some reason.
- jordigh 12y agoI don't know why Bruce Perens apparently trademarked a bunch of things but not "open source" itself. However, as part of its trademark policy, OSI asks that people do not call software "open source" if it's not under an OSI-approved license: http://opensource.org/trademark-guidelines#Usage_That_Does_Not_Require_Permission http://opensource.org/trademark-guidelines#Usage_That_Does_N...
- pbhjpbhj 12y ago"open source" is descriptive (even if you capitalise it). Descriptions aren't trademarks; that's probably why.