[Libre-soc-dev] Finishing off the grant: gigabit crypto router 2021-02-052

[Jacob Lifshay]

On Thu, Apr 18, 2024, 11:06 Jacob Lifshay <programmerjake at gmail.com> wrote:

> Disclaimer: i'm not a lawyer and this is not legal advice.
>
> Afaik that's not how trademarks work, you trademark the name and logos and
> stuff like that, not the documentation and source code and specification of
> an instruction set (that's covered by copyrights and patents and things
> other than trademarks).
>
> The whole point of trademarks is so people buying stuff know who it comes
> from, not what it is made of.
>

trademarked specifications work by the trademark covering the name and logo
and other branding, not the specification contents itself. the *condition
for using* the trademark on your own stuff is that you implement the
specification, this is distinct from the trademark itself.

if not for patents and stuff (but not trademarks), you can totally
implement the specification but not use the trademarked name/logo/etc.

Jacob

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