[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13971: "Wordpress" being turned into CamelCase "WordPress" breaks URLs

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Wed Jun 23 08:47:27 UTC 2010


#13971: "Wordpress" being turned into CamelCase "WordPress" breaks URLs
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 Reporter:  tfotherby     |       Owner:       
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  3.0.1
Component:  General       |     Version:  3.0  
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:       
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Comment(by holizz):

 Replying to [comment:24 JDTrower]:
 > I'm curious to know why the stark opposition to the enforcement of a
 trademark.

 This isn't enforcement of a trademark. Enforcement of a trademark is
 through the courts (or at least a threat to take somebody to court). And
 as much as I think the legal system is broken, I think attempting to
 enforce the law through software is even more misguided. Here's an
 example: I may like to tell people "it's not spelt Wordpress, it's spelt
 WordPress" - I wouldn't be able to tell people that using Wordpress - so
 now Wordpress is a tool of censorship that doesn't allow discussion of
 alternate spellings. I would also be prevented from intentionally un-
 camelcasing as an act of civil disobedience.

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