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Re:WordPress Drama: From the Sidelines by Aurornis on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:06AM (#41671380)
Honestly, what do you expect these people to call their services?

“Essential Blog Hosting Service using a Commonly Used Open Source Software That We Cannot Name”?

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Re:WordPress Drama: From the Sidelines by graeme on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:09AM (#41671416)
Yeah nominative use explicitly covers this.

>"In other words, individuals are not compelled by trademark law to use "absurd turns of phrase" simply to avoid trademark liability."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_use

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Re:WordPress Drama: From the Sidelines by FireBeyond on Friday September 27, 2024 @11:40AM (#41671870)
"Welcome to the Something Like A Hyper Plate for 2024".
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