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		zozbot234 on May 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Defold game engine source now available and free t... Except they kinda do, seeing as OSI holds the literal trademark to open source.

gpm on May 19, 2020 [–]

Not only do they not hold a trademark, they tried to acquire a trademark and failed because it was "too descriptive" (and I suspect because it was already in use).

See my comment above for links: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23234029

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