Re: Handling the Git trademark

Hi Phillip,

On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 10:38 AM Phillip Wood [off-list ref] wrote:

Thanks for taking the time to start a discussion on this. My immediate
reaction is that it would be a shame to lose control of the trademark by
not enforcing it.

Thanks for your opinion on this!

If it is taking up too much of the leadership
committee's time perhaps we could consider asking for more volunteers to
handle some of the load. Would a few people volunteering a couple of
hours a month make a useful difference?

Yeah, I think that would make a difference. Thanks for the suggestion!

One other thought is that there are a number of companies which use
"git" in their name that benefit indirectly from the git project
enforcing the trademark and thereby ensuring the name "git" is trusted.
If we were ever in the unfortunate position of having to take time
consuming (and presumably costly) legal action perhaps we could approach
them for support?

Yeah, we have already thought about this, but we haven't needed such
support yet.

Best,
Christian.