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by ISV_Damocles 1756 days ago
That's actually the edited version, the original one stated:

> ...which affords certain protections under US trademark law and has enabled elementary to prevent people from distributing other items under our brand name—but I absolutely do not want to go the legal threat route

Which is much more of an "it'd be a shame if something happened" kind of phrasing.

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Yeah, but it also clearly states that they don't want to go the legal threat route. So I don't know. I think that thsi think was clearly mishandled by both sides