Raddit: An open source alternative to Reddit
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#2Side topic: In the USA, what is the legal precedent for business competitors having a very similar name?
If I name my social network for race car drivers "Racebook, Inc.", and my logo is a blue square with a white "r" on it,
am i opening myself up to legal trouble?
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#4Reddit is already (mostly) open-source, I think: https://github.com/reddit/reddit
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#5Reddit is already (mostly) open-source, I think: https://github.com/reddit/reddit
it was announced a couple days ago that that is going away.
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#6Reddit is already (mostly) open-source, I think: https://github.com/reddit/reddit
They recently announced that this is going to be archived and no longer receive updates.
https://www.reddit.com/r/changelog/comments/6xfyfg/an_update...
Re: Raddit: An open source alternative to Reddit
#7Side topic: In the USA, what is the legal precedent for business competitors having a very similar name? If I name my social network for race car drivers "Racebook, Inc.", and my logo is a blue square with a white "r" on it, am i opening myself up to legal trouble?
It'll be Lawyers at 100 paces.
whoever has the baddest lawyer wins. (or the largest number of baddest lawyers)
Re: Raddit: An open source alternative to Reddit
#8Side topic: In the USA, what is the legal precedent for business competitors having a very similar name? If I name my social network for race car drivers "Racebook, Inc.", and my logo is a blue square with a white "r" on it, am i opening myself up to legal trouble?
Yeah, this seems like a probable trademark violation as it's likely to cause confusion in the marketplace. I expect they'll have to change it.
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#9The communities already there appear to be as toxic as reddit, so good job. I guess.
Re: Raddit: An open source alternative to Reddit
#10It didn't take long before your site was taken over by political extremists