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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: Licensing issues
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Marin David Condic <nobody@noplace.com> writes:

> 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.

This is not the way trademark law works.  You can own a
non-registrated trademark.  If you have to register it before you can
file suit (I don't know if it's necessary), this is nothing more than
just a technicality.

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