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by floofyfloofer 3151 days ago
This boggles the mind, and the lack of communication makes it feel like the work of a new lawyer used to corporate law, where the rules are to strike first and communicate later.

Outside of new counsel, we might be able to get more insight into the issue when the SFLC's fall conference [0] recordings are posted next week [1]. It does include mention of trademark squatting, after all.

The naming of SFC / SFLC was always a bit confusing, but that's a reason for better marketing, not a shot across the bow. I've met some of the SFLC folks, and the LF angle seems ridiculous on the face of it, as I don't see Eben Moglen (previously RMS's lawyer), selling out to the LF.

0: http://softwarefreedom.org/events/2017/conference/

1: https://softwarefreedom.org/events/2017/conference/live/