Re: Handling the Git trademark

[Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>]

Hi Phillip,

On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 10:38 AM Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> 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.