Re: Licensing issues (Was: [Announce] Mneson : persistent untyped graphs)

[Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com>]

Yeah, except under law (and for good reason) nobody can claim ownership 
of "Open Source" until they pay to have the "(tm)" put next to it. Even 
then, the government may not grant the exclusive right because it may 
have been in too much use in that same context before someone wanted to 
own it. (People have been calling things "Open Source" before OSI 
decided they wanted to be the exclusive definer of the term.)

Let's see how far Donald Trump gets with trying to trademark "You're 
Fired!" ;-)

MDC

Stephen Leake wrote:
> 
> That's what capitals are for in English; "Open Source" is the specific
> term, "open source" is the general. Get used to it :).
> 
> 


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