Re: My take on trademarks vs. copyright, patents, etc.

[Richard Stallman]

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  > When software author prevents people to modify software and issue
  > modified software under original name that IS practical obstacle to
  > share software.

I agree, about that case.

But that special case is not enough reason to conclude that trademarks
are wrong overall and should be abolished entirely.  They are very good
in other cases.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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