Evidently the company realized they were fighting a losing battle, particularly after the CEO's disastrous response: https://forums.comodo.com/general-discussion-off-topic-anyth...
"Intellectual copyrights", wtf is that?
Comodo has filed for express abandonment of LetsEncrypt trademark applications
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Re: Comodo has filed for express abandonment of LetsEncrypt trademark applications
#12Evidently the company realized they were fighting a losing battle, particularly after the CEO's disastrous response: https://forums.comodo.com/general-discussion-off-topic-anyth...
I give him credit for actually talking publicly with people. Most CEO's hide behind the PR department, or speak only one-way, without replies.
Yes, but his reply reminded me of the saying 'it is better to keep quiet and be thought a fool, than speak and remove all doubt'.
Re: Comodo has filed for express abandonment of LetsEncrypt trademark applications
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
I give him credit for actually talking publicly with people. Most CEO's hide behind the PR department, or speak only one-way, without replies.
I'm loathe to give him credit for publicly saying the most ridiculous things imaginable from one in his position.
Right. I'm glad he spoke publicly because it shines more light on how ridiculous his position is.
He actually tries to justify (or deflect) stealing the Let's Encrypt trademark by claiming LE stole the concept of a 90-day cycle. Ridiculous.
Re: Comodo has filed for express abandonment of LetsEncrypt trademark applications
#14Evidently the company realized they were fighting a losing battle, particularly after the CEO's disastrous response: https://forums.comodo.com/general-discussion-off-topic-anyth...
One forum post, nine different sentences saying the same thing: "Comodo invented 90 day free certificate".
To me this sounds quite similar to the ownership of the rectangle with rounded corners (I am actually not sure whose side I'm on in either dispute).
Re: Comodo has filed for express abandonment of LetsEncrypt trademark applications
#15Too late for me. Already renewed my expiring certs elsewhere yesterday.
Re: Comodo has filed for express abandonment of LetsEncrypt trademark applications
#16Evidently the company realized they were fighting a losing battle, particularly after the CEO's disastrous response: https://forums.comodo.com/general-discussion-off-topic-anyth...
One forum post, nine different sentences saying the same thing: "Comodo invented 90 day free certificate". To me this sounds quite similar to the ownership of the rectangle with rounded corners (I am actually not sure whose side I'm on in either dispute).
> "Comodo invented 90 day free certificate"
It's even sillier than that. Comodo has long offered a 90 day free trial cert. You have to pay to renew.
Let's Encrypt gives a 90 day free cert that's freely renewable as many times as you want along with an API to renew it. These aren't the same business models at all.
Re: Comodo has filed for express abandonment of LetsEncrypt trademark applications
#17Evidently the company realized they were fighting a losing battle, particularly after the CEO's disastrous response: https://forums.comodo.com/general-discussion-off-topic-anyth...
Shows how most CEOs of even large companies are human like everyone else, not the "super mature", "super calculated", "super intelligent" begins they are made out to be. It's also important to note the arrogance - invented the 90 day trial :D
Re: Comodo has filed for express abandonment of LetsEncrypt trademark applications
#18Evidently the company realized they were fighting a losing battle, particularly after the CEO's disastrous response: https://forums.comodo.com/general-discussion-off-topic-anyth...
Tangential, but what in the hell is with the whole thing where company execs refuse to use "I" in a sentence? Read anything typed up by some founder or something, and you see sentence after sentence deliberately omitting self-reference. Here specifically: "If they have right to it then more than happy to comply"... If they have right to it then I am/we are more than happy to comply. Anytime someone posts email correspondence on HN, it's inevitably a conversation devoid of self-referential terminology, even in totally innocuous sentences. "More than happy to X. Concerned about the thing with Y. Call this afternoon after meeting with Z." It's totally annoying.
Re: Comodo has filed for express abandonment of LetsEncrypt trademark applications
#19Evidently the company realized they were fighting a losing battle, particularly after the CEO's disastrous response: https://forums.comodo.com/general-discussion-off-topic-anyth...
"Intellectual copyrights", wtf is that?
> "Intellectual copyrights", wtf is that?
Either someone who doesn't know the law trying to look smart, or someone who does know the law trying to bullshit their way into being able to own more than the union of copyright law, patent law, and trademark law actually allow them to own. Believe it or not, the law doesn't recognize "It's mine because I scream loudly enough" as a valid concept.
Re: Comodo has filed for express abandonment of LetsEncrypt trademark applications
#20Evidently the company realized they were fighting a losing battle, particularly after the CEO's disastrous response: https://forums.comodo.com/general-discussion-off-topic-anyth...
Shows how most CEOs of even large companies are human like everyone else, not the "super mature", "super calculated", "super intelligent" begins they are made out to be. It's also important to note the arrogance - invented the 90 day trial :D
> Shows how most CEOs of even large companies are human like everyone else
Um, it doesn't really say anything about most CEOs, does it?
Actually, I think it shows how this guy is different from others, because he seems more nutty than most people.