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Re:Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork by stemc43 on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @02:42PM (#39374236)
> not sure how much leg he has to stand on for using the word nginx itself in the new product’s name and domain

pretty sure they can't really do anything to him in Russia. Russia and US don't recognize each others patents, same as China.

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Re:Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork by nicolas_17 on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @03:13PM (#39374653)
What do patents have to do with this?
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Re:Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork by ale42 on Thursday February 15, 2024 @05:24AM (#39381040)
Many people seem to confuse trademarks and patents...
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Re:Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork by stemc43 on Thursday February 15, 2024 @05:42PM (#39390265)
i know the difference i just don't care enough. same thing applies - u would gave to register business and trademark in Russia and pay taxes to have any legs
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Re:Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork by ComputerGuru on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @02:51PM (#39374355)
It's a .org domain, the registry is held in the USA.
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Re:Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork by yankaf on Thursday February 15, 2024 @03:46PM (#39388544)
free speech exist stupid, its an individual - If US is willing to go that low for a fucking corporate, than you are pathetic people
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Re:Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork by bklyn11201 on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @02:53PM (#39374375)
Right, they will just go after the domain forcing either a rename or a move to a Russian domain
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Re:Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork by fiscalnonsense on Thursday February 15, 2024 @08:28PM (#39391898)
nginx is simultaneously a registered trademark of F5 and imnsho mouth garbage for English speakers. This is a good opportunity to rename the project.
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Re:Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork by Kwpolska on Friday February 16, 2024 @06:40AM (#39395673)
It's pronounced "engine X".
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Re:Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork by breather on Friday February 16, 2024 @01:27PM (#39401007)
Exactly—there's never been a better time to actually make the name look like it sounds.
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Re:Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork by fiscalnonsense on Friday February 16, 2024 @05:04PM (#39403547)
This.
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Re:Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork by Kwpolska on Saturday February 17, 2024 @11:44AM (#39411054)
So… just add two `e`s?
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Re:Freenginx: Core Nginx developer announces fork by yarekt on Saturday February 17, 2024 @04:04PM (#39413542)
We already have a mess that is Dapper and Dapr. No thankyou
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