On Thu, 2016-03-03 at 11:34 -0800, Aaron Wolf wrote: > I appreciate the intention, but I find this proposal misguided. App > is just short for Application, and F-droid "Apps" are fine other than > broader issues about the Android ecosystem. Nobody has a trademark on > the term App, so it's *not* like "Kleenex". The problems with Apps in > general are not about the term "App".
Hey Aaron, I'm well aware that colloquially people believe "Apps" is simply a contraction of "Application". I'm also a fan of F-Droid, but note that their adoption of the term was long preceded by Google and Apple's desired use. My concern also had nothing to do with a trademark. A trademark is merely one method of influencing human thought towards a particular product or service, but a corporation need not register a trademark to do this. -- Kip Warner -- Senior Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com
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