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Re:You can't make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver by salviati on Friday March 01, 2024 @05:27AM (#39560447)
I checked and found this info from the Wi-Fi Alliance [0]:

> Select brands and logos are offered license free and intended to be used widely throughout the Wi-Fi ecosystem by Wi-Fi Alliance members, non-members, industry partners, media, and analysts to describe products, technology, network deployments, and operating system support.

It sounds to me like anyone could use the trademark "Wi-Fi", since it's listed in the freely available ones.

[0] https://www.wi-fi.org/who-we-are/our-brands

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Re:You can't make an open source HDMI 2.1 driver by rickdeckard on Friday March 01, 2024 @03:23PM (#39566365)
> It sounds to me like anyone could use the trademark "Wi-Fi", since it's listed in the freely available ones.

Yes, to describe Wi-Fi as defined by the Wi-Fi Alliance, not to describe anything the Alliance does NOT consider compliant.

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