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Re:Bluesky Trademarks ATProto by shafyy on Thursday July 16, 2026 @09:26AM (#48934249)
> We also received a license from Bluesky for the atproto trademark.

For now

Re:Bluesky Trademarks ATProto by yomismoaqui on Thursday July 16, 2026 @09:35AM (#48934368)
"I'm altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further."

Darth Vader, VP of Contract Renegotiation

Re:Bluesky Trademarks ATProto by aidenn0 on Thursday July 16, 2026 @10:25AM (#48935053)
Then they start calling it "buproto" or something. Firefox has a trademark too, but that didn't stop debian from distributing the same thing under the name Iceweasel...
Re:Bluesky Trademarks ATProto by chaosharmonic on Thursday July 16, 2026 @01:24PM (#48937468)
Notably, from their FAQ:

> We’ve taken inspiration from other open-source projects that have taken a similar approach, including Wikimedia, Red Hat, Rust, Python Foundation, Apache, Mozilla, Linux, and Debian.