I think I was not clear enough: I too believe that registering the term as a trademark does no good to the developer community. But I don't think that the reasons behind this have to be some kind of extortion scheme, or…
I think this is a honest attempt at creating a gatekeeper for the use of the term and protect it from corporate interest. I also believe that the example of the doctape hackathon shows how this attempt does not work…
Just attach another "[sic]" and you are good.
Nachtleben.de seems to have also some kind of IT recruitement branch: http://www.young-targets.com/imprint/
AFAIK this is the way to go: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking_works
I could not find any trolling in the post, and also no whining. I mean, how should we have a discussion about a certain kickstarter project if all you have to say is "If you don't like it, don't participate."
I think I was not clear enough: I too believe that registering the term as a trademark does no good to the developer community. But I don't think that the reasons behind this have to be some kind of extortion scheme, or…
I think this is a honest attempt at creating a gatekeeper for the use of the term and protect it from corporate interest. I also believe that the example of the doctape hackathon shows how this attempt does not work…
Just attach another "[sic]" and you are good.
Nachtleben.de seems to have also some kind of IT recruitement branch: http://www.young-targets.com/imprint/
AFAIK this is the way to go: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking_works
I could not find any trolling in the post, and also no whining. I mean, how should we have a discussion about a certain kickstarter project if all you have to say is "If you don't like it, don't participate."