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Died from reading this (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by callmepk@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[-] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.de 113 points 11 months ago

so is dracut and weston.

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

[-] cogman@lemmy.world 122 points 11 months ago

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.

[-] DrWeevilJammer@lemmy.ml 35 points 11 months ago

I wonder if Monster and Monster know about Monster

[-] cogman@lemmy.world 29 points 11 months ago

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