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by troymc 4497 days ago
It's my understanding that in open source communities, the relevant trademarks are usually held by a community-led foundation (e.g. the Apache Software Foundation, the Python Software Foundation). Is there no "Node Foundation"?
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rlidwka 4497 days ago
There is no node foundation, "Node.js" is a Joyent's trademark. We had discussed this particular bikeshed in the mailing list last year. :)
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Oculus 4497 days ago
Unfortunately, I think this is the one big issue barring Node from wide adoption. I love Node.js and the surrounding ecosystem, but all these companies fighting one another can't possibly be good for the community.
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camus2 4497 days ago
no,there is basically nodejitsu,strongloop and joyent but no Foundation. NodeJs is managed by private businesses which purpose are only to care about the interest of their shareholders, not nodejs or opensource on the node community. I guess NodeJS will be more like Nginx than Python in the way it will be managed. IE a free version + some premium services/packages... I would not rely too much on npm in the future though.
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