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Re: Rust has been forked to the Crab Language

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If you cant wait for the cool off period to expire before responding, consider you might be too worked up to make a coherent case. For one, any reasonable interpreter of the English language would understand that sentiment was being attributed to the foundation, not me. And someone wanting to use the word Rust doesn't make them "infringing". It's a word. It's a technology. I can use any other technology name to descr…

Cool off period? I am calm as a jug of yoghurt my dear Internet friend :) It seems to me that it would be educational for you to read a little about how trademarks work. The stuff that you direct at me has thorough explanations; these are not my opinions. To be honest: I'm not even 100% sure I even want the current trademark system, but I do understand the arguments for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WN86qywLVY

And it seems to me you could take a look at how literally any other language manages their name. Rust is alone in this drama-fest, as they tend to be.

Re: Rust has been forked to the Crab Language

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Yes, because it worked out well for Java.

When did Java get forked? The closest case I can think of is the Oracle/Google lawsuit, which 1. Oracle lost, and 2. wouldn't have even been a thing if Google had forked rather than reimplementing.

Microsoft forked Java, introduced Windows only APIs, broke some of interplatform APIs. Changed syntax here and there... was sued by Sun. 1997
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