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submitted 8 months ago by callmepk@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.de 113 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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 8 months ago (2 children)

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 34 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if Monster and Monster know about Monster

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 29 points 8 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

[–] Railcar8095@lemm.ee 20 points 8 months ago

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

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

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 18 points 8 months ago

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