Re:Pijul is a free and open source (GPL2) distributed versio...
by gmueckl on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @04:34PM
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Then they shouldn't have been riding the git hype wave and using/stealing that trademark.
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Re:Pijul is a free and open source (GPL2) distributed versio...
by samatman on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @07:30PM
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git is not trademarked.
Re:Pijul is a free and open source (GPL2) distributed versio...
by gmueckl on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @07:44PM
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git is a trademark. Here's the USPTO trademark registration info: https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=85961336
Re:Pijul is a free and open source (GPL2) distributed versio...
by samatman on Thursday February 22, 2024 @08:02AM
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I've tried that link on three browsers (Safari, Firefox, Brave) and there's no contents at any of them.
Nevertheless, I'll assume you're not playing some weird game, and that git is trademarked, in which case I stand corrected. It's therefore safe to assume that GitHub and GitLab are allowed to use git in their trade names, according to the holder of the trademark. Unlike a notional "SVNHub", the trademark violation in those two names is quite clear, so they either have explicit permission and pay a license, or Linus (presumably) is ok with their existence.
Re:Pijul is a free and open source (GPL2) distributed versio...
by gmueckl on Thursday February 22, 2024 @07:22PM
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I'm sorry that the link seems to have expired. It would show that the trademark is held by Software Freedom Conservatory Inc.
I invite you to repeat my search. Unfortunately, the USPTO trademark database search interface is not bery intuitive, so be prepared for some trial and error if you do.