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Is this going to become a trend? Project starts making trademark claims years after a downstream library has been using it without issue. Bit rich, given how accessible libraries can bootstrap an initial product ecosystem.

Is it ever safe to use a trademark name? Will all packages now have to be generic enough to imply the product for which they connect? It”s not a Java/AWS/Redis/Wordpress/Shopify extension, but a thingbob, which just so happens to connect to That-Which-Shall-Not-Be-Named.

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SAI_Peregrinus 8 hours ago | parent [-]

You can mention a trademark. You can't use the trademark in the name of your own product. Even in cases where you're legally OK (e.g. mentioning your product is better than <trademark>, or is made for <trademark>) they can still sue you, though it'll be much easier to win the case.

	▲	eurleif 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is called nominative fair use. But Redis's own guidelines for nominative fair use acknowledge that there are cases where you can "use the trademark in the name of your own product": https://redis-doc-test.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/trade... >you may only name it "XYZ for Redis™" However, I'm not sure where courts would land on a name like "redis-rs". There are arguments on both sides, and I'm not sure if there's enough case law to make the legal outcome clear.