Comments on: WTF Dept: DataPortability Project Sued By RedHat

By: Tim Marman

Tim Marman — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Really? You don’t think those look similar? :)

But in all seriousness, there’s an underlying legal reason why they may be pursuing this – unlike copyright and patent law, if you don’t actively police potential infringing uses of a trademark, the mark can lose some of its protection over time.

By: Robert Lancer

Robert Lancer — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think they got offended by the letter in the Mobius Strip, its a creative idea, good thing designs aren’t protected under utility patents, or else we would all be screwed.

By: tilll

tilll — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hell yeah, they look similar. But since when can one company strain the infinity sign for themselves?

That would be like demanding that you are the owner of a color. Oh wait that happened already. Forget what I said!

In all seriousness – this is stupid. It’s not like dataportability is a million dollar coop. riding the popularity Fedora Core has achieved. Dataportability is trying to do some good work from which many people will benefit in the long run.

By: tilll

tilll — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I love how anonymous people call other people “not bright”. That’s so grown up and also very courageous (note: sarcasm).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

You’re obviously not to bright. This is the best thing that could possibly happen to data portability. They get tons of free press coverage from nerds like you that don’t realize it was all probably planned in the first place.