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en:philosophy:php_trademark [2023/10/08 21:58]
throgh [What is the problem?] 		en:philosophy:php_trademark [2024/01/16 21:11]
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 So if we would do individual modifications corresponding our mission-statement, we would always have to ask and rename everything. That's a very harsh and aggressive restrictive usage of trademarks and therefore exactly **trademark-bullying**. So if we would do individual modifications corresponding our mission-statement, we would always have to ask and rename everything. That's a very harsh and aggressive restrictive usage of trademarks and therefore exactly **trademark-bullying**.
 +===== Solutions =====
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 +  * **Rebranding** the entire language to avoid the trademark restriction. However, we would need **patches** to adapt all **PHP-dependant applications** to the rebranded version of PHP, since it is a programming language.
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 +  * Getting PHP to change its trademark agreement to allow modifications on the PHP binary for any purpose in respect of [[https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html|Freedom 3]].
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 ===== Outcome and decisions for Hyperbola ===== ===== Outcome and decisions for Hyperbola =====
  
 The Hyperbola-project decided to completely remove PHP from its packages since the release of version 0.4.3 for **Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre** and also for the future with **HyperbolaBSD** as complete operating-system. We don't provide problematic packages and software not respecting the freedom of the users to modify their systems and sources as they want. A trademark-policy can lead to a complete false balance when organizations and people behind decide to withdraw rights at once as it is always part of that trademark. And this withdrawal would immediate lead to further legal issues for projects and systems including those names and software! The Hyperbola-project decided to completely remove PHP from its packages since the release of version 0.4.3 for **Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre** and also for the future with **HyperbolaBSD** as complete operating-system. We don't provide problematic packages and software not respecting the freedom of the users to modify their systems and sources as they want. A trademark-policy can lead to a complete false balance when organizations and people behind decide to withdraw rights at once as it is always part of that trademark. And this withdrawal would immediate lead to further legal issues for projects and systems including those names and software!