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

• boaratio@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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  • Hadriscus@lemm.ee ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think trademark law has a strange history in the US

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    • boaratio@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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      • raltoid@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Indeed, it’s why Apple could be trademarked as the name of an electronics company. But you can’t rock up to the trademark office and register “Pear” for a company selling pear-related products.

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      • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yes, there are a bunch of trademarks on the word “gravy”, in different industries. I was going to link to that one you mentioned, because for some reason despite being plush toy products, the company holding it was Bob Evans. But it’s since been canceled, and the company name doesn’t appear on the page, so I chose an active trademark instead.

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  • Redex68@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Disney presents Good Gravy®️

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    • addison@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Good Gravy®️ Presentation for Disney

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  • anzo@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Copyright is always stupid

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• tuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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• gradual@lemmings.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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