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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Adding "App" to Words to Avoid (or Use with Ca
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Kip Warner |
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Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Adding "App" to Words to Avoid (or Use with Care) Because They Are Loaded or Confusing |
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Thu, 03 Mar 2016 17:59:01 -0800 |
On Thu, 2016-03-03 at 11:34 -0800, Aaron Wolf wrote:
> I appreciate the intention, but I find this proposal misguided. App
> is just short for Application, and F-droid "Apps" are fine other than
> broader issues about the Android ecosystem. Nobody has a trademark on
> the term App, so it's *not* like "Kleenex". The problems with Apps in
> general are not about the term "App".
Hey Aaron,
I'm well aware that colloquially people believe "Apps" is simply a
contraction of "Application". I'm also a fan of F-Droid, but note that
their adoption of the term was long preceded by Google and Apple's
desired use.
My concern also had nothing to do with a trademark. A trademark is
merely one method of influencing human thought towards a particular
product or service, but a corporation need not register a trademark to
do this.
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Kip Warner -- Senior Software Engineer
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