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Post by fuzztester »

kevindamm wrote: post #30
dghughes wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the Apache name is also an ongoing dispute by the Apache nation (the actual people) vs the Apache Software Foundation.

IIRC, it was named that for being a patchy system, though?

Yes, it was called A patchy server initially, and then that was made into a wordplay on the term Apache, and they used a colourful feather as a logo.

There is also sn interesting anecdote about Apache devs, IBM and open source.

Re: Governor of Amazonas wants to charge Amazon royalties for use of the brand

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Post by askiiart »

Stratoscope wrote: post #21

My last name is Geary, so I should get a royalty on every app that uses a gear-y icon for settings. And Walter Bright certainly deserves a royalty on every brightness control!

I think the GNOME project owns you some cash.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geary_(e-mail_client)

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Post by ketralnis »

dontupvoteme wrote: post #14
FredPret wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If Greece starts doing this, they can levy a tax on most things in the Western world!

Better yet, just a tiny 1-2% tax on any project, program or company that ever used anything Greek as a codename. Keeps you under the radar

And anything in Beta

Re: Governor of Amazonas wants to charge Amazon royalties for use of the brand

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Post by pqdbr »

dylan604 wrote: post #20
pqdbr wrote: post #13

As a Brazilian, I can testify that we’re all deeply ashamed of this stupidity. It has even become a meme.

At least your guy is trying to make money instead of whatever our guys are doing Trying to see it as half full??

The governor even made a video [1]. A professionally produced video (which means expensive, obviously paid by the taxpayer) to convince (!?) Jeff Bezos.

What does he really expect? That Jeff will go "Yeah, you got me, I was waiting for this, here are some billions of dollars to you" ?

[1] (Note it's from one year ago) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYeYCqsD1hg

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Post by _hcuq »

kbutler wrote: post #25
dylan604 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

At least your guy is trying to make money instead of whatever our guys are doing Trying to see it as half full??

...to take money... Our guys are trying to create money ex nihilo.

Money is always created out of nothing.
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