The Linux Foundation has become a patent troll

rhabarba · 2Y

The Linux Foundation has become a patent troll

bluGill · 2Y

Linux is the imposter here. Segmentation fault refers to how the PDP-(I forget) hardware organized memory. It comes from the original unix implementation which linux has never had any part of.

@deur@feddit.nl · 2Y

x86 and x86_64 still have segment registers so it’s not exactly entirely archaic, but they’re not really relevant so that doesnt change what you said. I dont have the exact details on who implemented segmentation first, so I cant elaborate on that.

HeartyBeast · 2Y

They aren’t satinf they have a trademark on the phrase ‘ segmentation fault’. They are saying the artwork called ‘segmentation fault’ contains a trademarked image/logo/whatever

squiblet · 2Y

What is this segmentation fault logo or image? I’m not familiar with anything like that and searching for it hasn’t helped.

@FiskFisk33@lemmy.one · 2Y

we don’t know, the post does not elaborate

squiblet · 2Y

It doesn’t matter because trademark law is about usage and active protection of rights, not origination.

bluGill · 2Y

It does matter because projects like *BSD can prove continuous usage of the term. As such either the trademark is easy to break (it is common use), or it can only be a trademark in very specific contexts that are unlikely to apply.

squiblet · 2Y

Sure, what I was saying is that whether someone else created it in the 70s isn’t significant for trademark law. If multiple entities have been using it since then without claiming exclusivity would be significant.