From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from vlsi1.gnat.com (vlsi1.gnat.com [IPv6:2620:20:4000:0:250:56ff:fe95:277b]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A83A385781E for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2022 18:24:56 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 5A83A385781E Received: by vlsi1.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 3004) id 16C4033CAC; Sun, 17 Jul 2022 14:24:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 14:24:56 EDT To: luke.leighton@gmail.com Subject: Re: rust non-free-compatible trademark Cc: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, richard.guenther@gmail.com In-Reply-To: References: <6F935597-82AE-4128-B282-BE714E02B683@gmail.com> Message-Id: <20220717182456.16C4033CAC@vlsi1.gnat.com> From: kenner@vlsi1.ultra.nyu.edu (Richard Kenner) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3488.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gcc@gcc.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gcc mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2022 18:24:57 -0000 > just as with the Java Trademark, you as developers can say "gust is > compatible with the rust language" but you *cannot* say "gust is > compatible with rust". Note that trademarks are adjectives, not nouns (and only apply to specific nouns, so I'm not sure what you mean here.