LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

Trademark infringement. They could argue it is a different category than the toy company, but I think that line of argument is already lost given they are using LEGO style bricks on the website.

Re: LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

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Post by heavyset_go » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 5:40 PM UTC

LEGO have a very friendly[1] explanation that they must pursue legal action to protect their trademark internationally.

They have rules about using their trademark in names, logos, websites and URLs.

[1] https://www.lego.com/en-sg/legal/notices-and-policies/fair-p...

Re: LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

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Post by empath75 » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 5:41 PM UTC

So, actually reading the paper. What it appears that they are doing is blowing up the concept of a 'server' entirely, and replacing the system bus with network. So you can have a bunch of 'servers' racked together which create a pool of cpus, ram, storage, and so on, all of which are connected by the network. And then they pull from this pool of resources to create vNodes which are like virtual machines.

I like the idea. It'll be interesting to see it develop. It could be the core of the next ec2, or I guess it could be nothing.

Re: LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

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Post by na85 » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 5:52 PM UTC

empath75 wrote: post #7

So, actually reading the paper. What it appears that they are doing is blowing up the concept of a 'server' entirely, and replacing the system bus with network. So you can have a bunch of 'servers' racked together which create a pool of cpus, ram, storage, and so on, all of which are connected by the network. And then they pull from this pool of resources to create vNodes which are like virtual machines. I like the i…

> What it appears that they are doing is blowing up the concept of a 'server' entirely, and replacing the system bus with network. So you can have a bunch of 'servers' racked together which create a pool of cpus, ram, storage, and so on, all of which are connected by the network. And then they pull from this pool of resources to create vNodes which are like virtual machines.

Sounds to me a lot like a Beowulf cluster, is it not?

Re: LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

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Post by mortenjorck » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 5:52 PM UTC

peterangular wrote: post #4

Incoming DCMA takedown notice in 3... 2.... (seriously though, Lego is famous for being bulldogs in regards to their trademark/brand!)

As DMCA stands for Digital Millennium Copyright Act, trademarks are outside its scope. There have actually been successful counterclaims under section 512(f) against companies using the DMCA to police trademark infringement.

All that said, an old-fashioned cease and desist letter from Lego is most certainly incoming.

Re: LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 17, 2019, 6:05 PM UTC

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