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Re:I'm not good enough to work on open source software by simonbrown on Thursday March 22, 2012 @01:39PM (#3740945)
How are they similar? Trademarks just prevent people from using the branding, and just represents a minor hurdle (see CENTOS), while copyright (with a restrictive license) would prevent people using almost anything.

If trademarks are the main protection, the main barrier to entry is branding, not technology.

(IANAL)

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Re:I'm not good enough to work on open source software by gcp on Monday March 26, 2012 @02:46AM (#3755392)
Trademarks are copyright on the branding.

If trademarks are the main protection, the main barrier to entry is branding, not technology.

Yes. Isn't that obviously the case for open source software?

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