Comment on Show HN: FableCut – A browser video editor AI agents can drive (zero deps)parentComments−JeremyHerrman2moyes, microsoft does hold a trademark for notepad. As litigious as MS is I'm pleasantly surprised they've left notepad++ alone.Unfortunately anthropic is actively eroding community goodwill in regards to potential IP conflicts:https://abnormal.ai/blog/abnormal-response-to-anthropic-laws...https://x.com/steipete/status/2016068265391354181−giancarlostoro2moI made "qNotepad" in college, it's been on GitHub forever, never gotten any DMCAs or anything. Maybe they don't care that deeply?−nolok2moMicrosoft has a lot of trademark meant to protect them from agression rather than attack themselves−beAbU2moIf MS can go after notepad++ then Bjarne Stroustrup can go after C#?−doctorpangloss2moHaha the better question is can the notepad++ guy go after notepad++ (for mac)?−giancarlostoro2moThe name C++ is not trademarked, only the logo iirc.
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yes, microsoft does hold a trademark for notepad. As litigious as MS is I'm pleasantly surprised they've left notepad++ alone.
Unfortunately anthropic is actively eroding community goodwill in regards to potential IP conflicts:
https://abnormal.ai/blog/abnormal-response-to-anthropic-laws...
https://x.com/steipete/status/2016068265391354181
I made "qNotepad" in college, it's been on GitHub forever, never gotten any DMCAs or anything. Maybe they don't care that deeply?
Microsoft has a lot of trademark meant to protect them from agression rather than attack themselves
If MS can go after notepad++ then Bjarne Stroustrup can go after C#?
Haha the better question is can the notepad++ guy go after notepad++ (for mac)?
The name C++ is not trademarked, only the logo iirc.