Comment on The Windows Subsystem for Linux is now open source.

boaratio@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• SorteKanin@feddit.dk ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think it is because Windows has many subsystems, it’s just that you don’t hear about most of them aside from WSL.

  So it is referring to the particular Windows Subsystem (of which there are many) that can run or emulate Linux.

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  • Matriks404@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wait, Windows still has POSIX subsystem or is it only listed for documentation reasons (it was there at least in old NT days)?

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• catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe they just named it like the previous attempt: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX

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• Arthur@literature.cafe ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  There’s a trademark for Linux so Microsoft can’t name a product starting with Linux.

  xcancel.com/richturn_ms/…/1245481405947076610

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  • tuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Still doesnt explain why it wasn’t called Windows Linux Subsystem (WLS)

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  • gradual@lemmings.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not in the spirit of free software, if you ask me.

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  • boaratio@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So they can use Linux in the name, just not at the beginning? We’re so stupid. Can they do Windows Subsystem for Coke? Or Windows Subsystem for McDonald’s? Or Windows Subsystem for MacOs?

    Good gravy.

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    • anzo@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Copyright is always stupid

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      • boatswain@infosec.pub ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This is trademark, not copyright

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    • Redex68@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean I guess it makes some sense. Linux Subsystem for Windows to the uninitiated might sound like it “comes from the Linux brand”, whilst Windows Subsystem for Linux sounds more like its made by Windows.

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    • lando55@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Disney presents Good Gravy®️

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      • addison@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Good Gravy®️ Presentation for Disney

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    • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sorry, “gravy” is a registered trademark of Gravy, Inc.: trademarks.justia.com/854/89/gravy-85489026.html

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      • psyvibe@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I think this only applies to using the the word “gravy” for payment services or a website referring to such a payment service. There was a prior trademark on the word for use with plush toy products.

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    • Hadriscus@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think trademark law has a strange history in the US

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      • boaratio@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’m sure it does, I was just being facetious.

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• simple@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I got hung up on this before too but it’s apparently “Windows Subsystem (for using) Linux”

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