Today we're sharing additional guidelines about our Trade Mark Policy based on community feedback that we received.
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@bugbear @hamatti Again, this is no fight on who's wrong and who's right from my point of view. I can understand the move, I'm also not too fond of it tbh. And I will see what my options are as an instance maintainer. Issues like what the UK launched last year (user identification) and what the EU is implementing more and more (e.g. chat control) worry me more as a public operator at this point
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@bugbear @hamatti Again, this is no fight on who's wrong and who's right from my point of view. I can understand the move, I'm also not too fond of it tbh. And I will see what my options are as an instance maintainer. Issues like what the UK launched last year (user identification) and what the EU is implementing more and more (e.g. chat control) worry me more as a public operator at this point
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@bugbear Disclaimer: I'm nowhere near an expert on the field. But from what I know:
- It protects the users. What says 'mastodon' is 'mastodon' as an org. If it isn't (e.g. impersonation), there is a legal takedown path. You can still run the mastodon software, just not anymore on a domain like mine, however, that's exempt from this policy.@xvilo Again, how is it protecting me? So far I've only heard how it's protecting the company (value of their brand). You said it's protecting everyone.
Yeah, funny how it's not affecting you at all and at the same time you are happy with the change and defending it. If they banned whisky tomorrow, I would be okay with it, too, I don't drink it. (Though I might miss whisky sauce, to be honest)
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@xvilo Again, how is it protecting me? So far I've only heard how it's protecting the company (value of their brand). You said it's protecting everyone.
Yeah, funny how it's not affecting you at all and at the same time you are happy with the change and defending it. If they banned whisky tomorrow, I would be okay with it, too, I don't drink it. (Though I might miss whisky sauce, to be honest)
@bugbear You're assuming a lot here.
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Today we're sharing additional guidelines about our Trade Mark Policy based on community feedback that we received.
The new guidelines, and more background about these changes, are available on our blog:
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/sharing-guidelines-about-mastodons-trade-mark-policy/#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #FediDev #MastoDev #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin
@Mastodon i think this is pretty bad
thats like if ubuntu could decide what specific computers you can install it on, and the manufacturer (be it a company or someone building his own pc) would need to ask canonical for permission to install their operating system in that computer
idk... but for an alternative to big tech, asking one big corporation for permission to use the name of the software it runs on really seems like the first step into becoming the next big tech to avoid
️ the company changes its mind. Read the guidelines you are defending so much!
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