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Re:A discussion about the breaking of the Internet by itsdrewmiller on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @04:06PM (#11347762)
They don't need to use legal force - they could just license the name to him.
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Re:A discussion about the breaking of the Internet by metaphorm on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @04:17PM (#11347842)
why would they do that? their concern was that a user might be confused over the names. they were interested in exclusive rights to the name, not in getting paid a token amount so someone else could use it.
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Re:A discussion about the breaking of the Internet by scotty79 on Wednesday March 23, 2016 @06:22PM (#11348744)
To avoid strong-arming open source developer and avoiding the PR fallout? With great lawyer power comes great responsibility to your PR.
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