Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubuntu Snap

Re:Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubu... by cyberphobe on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:22PM (#33453402)

AGPLv3 does not somehow permit trademark violations. Signal has taken issue with third parties building binaries and calling them Signal, and I can’t really blame them. This is the same reason Signal isn’t in F-Droid

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Re:Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubu... by kevin_b_er on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:36PM (#33453607)

And the DMCA is about copyright. Where's trademark mentioned?

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Re:Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubu... by tingletech on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:59PM (#33453956)

Violating trademark triggers AGPLv3 license to be invalid, thus the copyright claim.

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Re:Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubu... by Murrawhip on Thursday November 03, 2022 @01:42PM (#33454636)

No, AGPLv3 allows for adding an additional term regarding trademark. Signal-desktop is using the default APGLv3 without such a term.

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Re:Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubu... by Zak on Thursday November 03, 2022 @12:46PM (#33453755)

DMCA takedowns are for copyright only, not trademark. Requesting or demanding removal for trademark reasons is legitimate, but using the DMCA takedown process when there is not a copyright violation is fraudulent.

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Re:Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubu... by tadfisher on Thursday November 03, 2022 @01:19PM (#33454268)

Because the AGPLv3 allows for trademark restrictions, violating the trademark revokes the copyright license.

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Re:Snap Store administrators removed signal-desktop from Ubu... by monocasa on Thursday November 03, 2022 @01:42PM (#33454644)

AGPLv3 allows for adding trademark terms, which signal has not done.

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