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by gravypod 3830 days ago
> I could provide the tweets of the guy I spoke about, but to what end?

To provide credit to your claims, otherwise what you are doing is defamatory.

>Sources are: emails between myself, core, and the FreeBSD Foundation. I'm not providing those. A phone call with the FreeBSD Foundation, which I did not record and will not provide.

Sadly, none of that is verifiable from an outsider perspective.

>Instead, I hope people talk about the issues of harassment and legal shadiness regarding trademark claims.

This is the only thing I can claim to have an educated opinion on. Any entity who owns a trademark has the rights to ask you to stop representing their likeness. By using "freebsd" in your name and actively participating in politics surrounding the open source/FreeBSD community, you are representing their likeness and in this case you are not protected by fair use.

For example, I can't make a twitter called TacoBellGuy and post about food related politics. If Taco Bell got upset with me, I'd have to change my name. Very clear cut.

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I've consulted a lawyer. You are incorrect.