Tempest in a teapot. Standard trademark stuff really.

Being standard does not mean it cannot be criticized.

It can be, but there's no need for paranoia. It's weird really. Trademarks are IMO about the least objectionable kind of IP. They're there to serve normal people, and are simple enough to work around if needed with no loss in functionality. Very much unlike patents or copyright.

The criticisms don’t seem valid, though. Projects have to function within the law, and pretty much any popular project has to address these legal issues. Here’s the Linux page about its trademark, for example: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/legal/the-linux-mark

> The Linux Foundation protects the public and Linux users from unauthorized and confusing uses of the trademark and authorizes proper uses of the mark through an accessible sublicensing program.