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zkmonyesterday at 3:56 PM2 repliesview on HN

They didn't have "open" or "free" as prefix.


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saghmyesterday at 7:34 PM

The nouns also aren't just generic terms for the type of products they're making. OpenApple wouldn't sound confusing in the same way for a laptop and phone manufacturer as it would for a company producing apples in a non-open way.

lukanyesterday at 4:03 PM

But apple still goes after real apple producers, who are older than apple.

https://www.popsci.com/technology/apple-swiss-trademark/

Something is wrong, when this is happening.

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