Re:Why Flatpak Apps Use So Much Disk Space on Linux
by rlpb on Sunday May 04, 2025 @05:25PM
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> You trademark your software’s name and use the law to force distributions to not package unless concessions are granted.
It isn't clear if this behaviour is legally enforceable. Distributions typically try to avoid the conflict. But they could argue that "we modified Firefox to meet our standards and here is the result" is a legally permitted use of that trademark. To my knowledge, this has never been tested.
It isn't clear if this behaviour is legally enforceable. Distributions typically try to avoid the conflict. But they could argue that "we modified Firefox to meet our standards and here is the result" is a legally permitted use of that trademark. To my knowledge, this has never been tested.