> The MIT software license is widely used on the GitHub platform but does not provide namegiving protection, allowing entities to trademark the name(s) of and in your repository, if you do not do it yourself. EUPL 1.2, however, restricts a license holder from registering namegivings.
I don't trust the European Comission and I don't expect to use the EUPL any time soon, but that was interesting.
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[ 0.32 ms ] story [ 22.5 ms ] thread> The MIT software license is widely used on the GitHub platform but does not provide namegiving protection, allowing entities to trademark the name(s) of and in your repository, if you do not do it yourself. EUPL 1.2, however, restricts a license holder from registering namegivings.
I don't trust the European Comission and I don't expect to use the EUPL any time soon, but that was interesting.
Personally, I am annoyed by the length of the license, when you compare it with the MIT license. Might make my own license (altered version of MIT).