On Jul 17, 2022, Mark Wielaard <m...@klomp.org> wrote: > None of that required a trademark license because the usage of the > word java was just for compatibility with the java programming > language.
"just for compatibility" is an defense that applies to copyrights, but AFAIK it doesn't apply to trademarks. indeed, one can probably still find records suggesting that gcj got its name, "GNU Compiler for Java", that way rather than the more natural phrasing "Java Compiler", because the Java trademark was liberally licensed for use in the form "for Java", whereas other uses were not. -- Alexandre Oliva, happy hacker https://FSFLA.org/blogs/lxo/ Free Software Activist GNU Toolchain Engineer Disinformation flourishes because many people care deeply about injustice but very few check the facts. Ask me about <https://stallmansupport.org>
