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Fair point. I was wondering about it from an intention and misrepresentation point of view. To me, it's misleading to claim "we make Fedora" by a lone individual while the real "we" is thousands of contributors.

Disclosure: I work for Red Hat, am an occasional Fedora contributor, but I have no dog in this hunt.

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Back in my days as an ambassador, I remember we had a principle: "Be Excellent".

Probably wasn't a community rule, but more of a guideline... and, I think that principle has been violated here. I'm unclear of the domain owner's standing within the community, but as I've read more... it doesn't seem very excellent.

I do believe there is a nexus of causality between community standing, and permission to use the trademark. However, just my opinion, actual trademark law may diverge.

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