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Re:Court finds calling stuff open source when it's not is fa... by mkr-hn on Thursday March 17, 2022 @12:16PM (#30712790)
Think of this in terms of a brand defending their trademark to avoid losing it through dilution. It's Open Source, a term they created, not a generic concept "open source." I don't like them owning a term that feels like it should be generic and communally defined, but it's not, and they do.
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Re:Court finds calling stuff open source when it's not is fa... by Dylan16807 on Thursday March 17, 2022 @01:21PM (#30713580)
Do they even claim to own the term?

They are the Open Source Initiative, stewards of the Open Source Definition.

The closest I see is a rule then when you're using the OSI trademark or logo you need to follow their definition of "Open Source".

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Re:Court finds calling stuff open source when it's not is fa... by kube-system on Thursday March 17, 2022 @02:49PM (#30714558)
They don't claim to own it, because they legally do not have a right to it. They tried to register it and failed.
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