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LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

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Re: LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

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Post by kordlessagain »

milofeynman wrote: post #18
heavyset_go wrote: post #6

LEGO have a very friendly[1] explanation that they must pursue legal action to protect their trademark internationally. They have rules about using their trademark in names, logos, websites and URLs. [1] https://www.lego.com/en-sg/legal/notices-and-policies/fair-p...

Thank you for citing this. LEGO is notorious for protecting their trademark. It was a really silly name to use and they will definitely get a C&D quickly.

If LEGO doesn't protect their mark, they may lose the ability to protect it. That's trademark law 101.

Re: LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

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Post by tssva »

heavyset_go wrote: post #6

LEGO have a very friendly[1] explanation that they must pursue legal action to protect their trademark internationally. They have rules about using their trademark in names, logos, websites and URLs. [1] https://www.lego.com/en-sg/legal/notices-and-policies/fair-p...

Purdue University is a public university and enjoys state agent protection against law suits.

Re: LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

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Post by gonational »

frosted-flakes wrote: post #48
robbrown451 wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You broke their rules by not adding a trademark symbol after the word LEGO. You'll be receiving a C&D letter from their legal team shortly. :) Some of their rules are ridiculous, for instance I have to use all upper case and am not allowed to use the word as a noun, for instance to call them "Legos" (I must say LEGO™ bricks, even though many of the pieces are not at all brick shaped). Sorry but no. That said, I'm sur…

They don't want their trademark turning into a noun (or a verb), just like Velcro doesn't want their trademark to be used to refer to "hook and loop" [1]. It's not unreasonable for them to try to protect their trademark. 1 - https://youtu.be/rRi8LptvFZY

+1

Also, I ROFLMAO so hard when I read your comment and then looked up and realized your username was Frosted Flakes!

Re: LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

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Post by Lastweek »

Hi one of the paper authors here. Most of the discussions here center around the legal concern rather than the project itself. We are working on that. But for now we decide to take down the website first. Sorry for the inconvenience folks and thank you all for the input.

Re: LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

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Post by 0xdeadb00f »

rmah wrote: post #25
empath75 wrote: post #7

So, actually reading the paper. What it appears that they are doing is blowing up the concept of a 'server' entirely, and replacing the system bus with network. So you can have a bunch of 'servers' racked together which create a pool of cpus, ram, storage, and so on, all of which are connected by the network. And then they pull from this pool of resources to create vNodes which are like virtual machines. I like the i…

Sounds sort of like what AT&T did with Plan 9 back in the day.

Yeah given the description above this sounds almost exactly like it.

Re: LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

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Post by WilliamEdward »

peterangular wrote: post #4

Incoming DCMA takedown notice in 3... 2.... (seriously though, Lego is famous for being bulldogs in regards to their trademark/brand!)

In what way is this "bulldog" behaviour? Not letting people use your distinctive brand name and trademarks in their commercial website is mild brand protection at best. Super obvious.

Re: LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

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Post by twic »

robbrown451 wrote: post #38
heavyset_go wrote: post #6

LEGO have a very friendly[1] explanation that they must pursue legal action to protect their trademark internationally. They have rules about using their trademark in names, logos, websites and URLs. [1] https://www.lego.com/en-sg/legal/notices-and-policies/fair-p...

You broke their rules by not adding a trademark symbol after the word LEGO. You'll be receiving a C&D letter from their legal team shortly. :) Some of their rules are ridiculous, for instance I have to use all upper case and am not allowed to use the word as a noun, for instance to call them "Legos" (I must say LEGO™ bricks, even though many of the pieces are not at all brick shaped). Sorry but no. That said, I'm sur…

The proper term is Lego elements, not bricks.

Re: LegoOS: A Disseminated, Distributed Operating System

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Post by twic »

empath75 wrote: post #7

So, actually reading the paper. What it appears that they are doing is blowing up the concept of a 'server' entirely, and replacing the system bus with network. So you can have a bunch of 'servers' racked together which create a pool of cpus, ram, storage, and so on, all of which are connected by the network. And then they pull from this pool of resources to create vNodes which are like virtual machines. I like the i…

This sounds like basically every research operating system from the '80s and '90s.

Someone come up with a retread of CORBA, please, i need the work.

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