@epsi Jup same same. Chilling maybe soon going to bed

@epsi Truely a one of a kind opportunity.

Everything well epsi?

@epsi epsi the sipping

@Johann150 @luap42 truely a shitpost

@epsi well its better than tiktok and insta I guess?

@epsi are people really saying that?

@weebdeluxe there is btw some more clarifications. The logos can stay:

https://hachyderm.io/users/haubles/statuses/117094520893724666

@foosel @timothy sehr süß

@bazkie How do you think we are writing atm?

spoiler I don't use mastodon but with the magic of activitypub the different softwares of the fediverse understand eachother.

As long as masto keeps activitypub all should be good.

but tbh I do not see mastodon going down that direction anyway. Eugen always was 100% of that and even though he is not totally in charge of mastodon GmbH I don't see this happening.

@bazkie disagreement is fine btw. No biggie. Since you are respectful all is fine right?

And even if mastodon were to do that a) forks are possible and b) other such software exist ;)

@bazkie they do not take away anything from you really. other than a logo and name in the worst case. The rest they can't.

But yeah have a good one still

@foosel @timothy der ist nur auf die kappe aufgesetzt oder=?

@sally

What a nice reply! so useful. But what else would I think. Welcome to my blocklist mate.

Atleast there is some clear notice on the logos in the software itself.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@haubles/117094520893724666

@haubles @ErikUden then please clearly state that in the trademarks terms. Otherwise you would have to read it as such. Since the logo might be considered protected otherwise.

Thank you very much

@Suiseiseki @SuperDicq no. you know working democracies (not the US) have what you call seperation of powers.

There are very narrow circumstances where the executive branch is allowed to make rules themselves. And only where laws passed by the parliament allow them to. Mostly for executive functions since laws do not rule over any edge-case that might come up.

These rules though usually only bind the executive and their doings in narrow circumstances.

Only the legislative is able to pass proper laws that actually change taxes.

@Suiseiseki @SuperDicq net.au (australia) is a tld so mastodon is to be considered a second level in that case. Thats why.

They get to make certain rules on what they wanna their trademark to be used.

Also you do not have to have every single instance of a word trademarked to be protected as well.

Trademarks are used to protect consumers (thats the idea behind them). So consumers can make sure they are getting what they expect from brand A.

You can also infringe a trademark by being to similar to a given trademark when you are occupiying the same space in the market.

@bazkie I mean I get where you are coming from sorta but full decentralization of everything just does not seem feaseable for a software project the size of mastodon at all.

I can generally get behind why the people behind the idea of the brand of mastodon want to protect what they have. Their livelyhood is tied to that brands imagine. They work for the company that makes mastodon itself possible.

So misuse in a sense of the brand can obviously exist. Without the trademark I could go on and give myself off as official-mastodon(tm) and ruin their reputation.

Holding that trademark gives them the ability to defend the status. And trademarks themselves are not my issue here. All big Open Source has them and needs them.

My issue lies with the terms for servers running it that are in my viewpoint to restrictive

@SuperDicq Then you have every reason to hate and block me

@SuperDicq the worst is you going to jail. But thats really pushing it

But I am serious. I literally work for a government