[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5939: Plugin Directory: Trademark use of Meta

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#5939: Plugin Directory: Trademark use of Meta
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 Reporter:  Ipstenu           |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch         |
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Comment (by sippis):

 Replying to [comment:4 Ipstenu]:
 > @sippis I'm not a lawyer. Don't pretend to be one. My concern with
 waiting is that we may end up with a bunch of new plugins we have to
 close, since we have an established precedent of protecting trademarks
 ''and'' known-used-names. By that I mean we have some terms/names we block
 use of even without a trademark, as a sort of good-faith hand to smaller
 development groups. That may bite us in the butt.
 >
 > On the flip side, we '''do''' have the ability to 'fix' a permalink and
 give it 'meta-' as a term during the review, so this is more an 'err on
 the side of caution' move to protect ourselves.

 Not trying to pretend anything 🙅‍♂️ Just asking simply because the
 problematics presented. Trying to figure out if there's a possibility,
 that this name change might not happen after all and we'd blocked the
 usage of "meta" unnecessarily. Ok well, in that case it's pretty easy to
 just revoke this change.

 Your concern with waiting and the point of protecting ourselves are valid.

 In any case, not against this and I do trust the Plugins team judgment.
 Just tried to provide some thoughts on this one.

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