Trademarks - The dinosaur in the room
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Trademark law, like copyright and patent law, is often abused and misused, and can have effects and consequences that are inconsistent with the best objectives and principles of free and open source software. But, just as free software licensing in the form of the GPL relies upon the existence of copyright law to make it effective, so the companies that distribute free software rely upon branding and trademark law to give the services they provide a unique identity, and to protect themselves from misuse of their names and brands.
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