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callmepk@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

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  • Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.de
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    so is dracut and weston.

    i think that naming software after towns in Massachusetts is somekind of red hat in-joke.

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      It’s even neater. The name of towns/cites cannot be trademarked. The safest thing you can do when naming a project is naming it after a town so you don’t run into legal troubles in the future.

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        I wonder if Monster and Monster know about Monster

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          You can eventually trademark once you get big enough. As with all things law it’s a bit tricky. However, the default is that geographic locations aren’t trademarkable.

          For further reading on when you can trademark.

          https://www.yospinlaw.com/2016/06/15/trademark-on-a-geographical-location

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        Who’s going to take this as legal advice and name a project Apple?

        https://maps.app.goo.gl/15sDygDQWBd8J9kUA

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      Openstack releases are named after the nearest town to conference that matches the next series in the alphabet.

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