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93po • today at 4:35 PM • 4 replies • view on HN

Code can be open source while the name and logos are copyrighted and still enforceable via DMCA


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rpdillon • today at 5:41 PM

You're thinking of trademarks. Different body of law.

EDIT: e.g. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/trademarks/policy/

nomel • today at 6:46 PM

You can have copyright open source code, which is what allows open source licenses to enforce their terms. Open source doesn't mean "free to do whatever you want". There are very restrictive open source licenses, and you can deviate from the common open source licenses.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_copyright

someonebaggy • today at 5:24 PM

Which project copyrighted its name and logo?