Trademarks for Open Source Projects

Discussion of why they are useful, by OSHWA Certification site:

https://certification.oshwa.org/process/branding.html

One link:

https://opensource.com/business/11/6/open-business-importance-trademarks-even-open-source-business

Note the second link there:

https://www.pcworld.com/article/165161/trademarks_open_source_friendly.html

Has a another link to trademarks being a menace to open source -

https://www.pcworld.com/article/164633/trademarks_hidden_menace.html

For example, you cannot use the word Linux for commercial purposes without getting a sublicense. There is nothing free about the word Linux

Links

• Nominative use case exemption for trademarks - [1]
• Debian trademark guidelines - [2]