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OpenClaw – Moltbot Renamed Again

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Re: OpenClaw – Moltbot Renamed Again

#11

and openclaw.com is a law firm.

From a trademark perspective, that’s totally fine.

Yeah there's no risk of confusion, legally or in reality. If anything, having a reputable business is better than whatever the heck will end up on openclaw.net or openclaw.xyz (both registered today btw).

Re: OpenClaw – Moltbot Renamed Again

#12
post #8
post #4

I would have stood my ground on the first name longer. Make these legal teams do some actual work to prove they are serious. Wait until you have no other option. A polite request is just that. You can happily ignore these. The 2nd name change is just inexcusable. It's hard to take a project seriously when a random asshole on Twitter can provoke a name change like this. Leads me to believe that identity is more import…

I draw the opposite conclusion. Willingness to change the name leads me to conclude purpose is more important than identity. Now if it changes _again_ that's a different story. If it changes Too Much, it becomes a distraction

Isnt this name change because the previous one was hard to say, as per the blog post? Isnt that a case of focusing more on identity than purpose?

Re: OpenClaw – Moltbot Renamed Again

#18
amateur hour, new phase of the AI bubble

reminds me of Andre Conje, cracked dev, "builds in public", absolutely abysmal at comms, and forgets to make money off of his projects that everyone else is making money off of

(all good if that last point isn't a priority, but its interrelated to why people want consistent things)

Re: OpenClaw – Moltbot Renamed Again

#20
post #4

I would have stood my ground on the first name longer. Make these legal teams do some actual work to prove they are serious. Wait until you have no other option. A polite request is just that. You can happily ignore these. The 2nd name change is just inexcusable. It's hard to take a project seriously when a random asshole on Twitter can provoke a name change like this. Leads me to believe that identity is more import…

Which random asshole? Haven't heard about it.

I’m guessing they mean this, linked from the post: https://xcancel.com/NetworkChuck/status/2016254397496414317
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