I get why they're doing this, but it also bothers me because first and foremost, "mastodon" is an animal. If you create a fedi server that's "mastodons-are-cool.net", that ends up being trademark infringement.
mastodon.social
Mastodon (@Mastodon@mastodon.social)
Today we're sharing additional guidelines about our Trade Mark Policy based on community feedback that we received. The new guidelines, and more background about these changes, are available on our blog: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/sharing-guidelines-about-mastodons-trade-mark-policy/ #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #FediDev #MastoDev #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin
Today we're sharing additional guidelines about our Trade Mark Policy based on community feedback that we received.
The new guidelines, and more background about these changes, are available on our blog:
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/sharing-guidelines-about-mastodons-trade-mark-policy/
#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #FediDev #MastoDev #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin
blog.joinmastodon.org
Sharing Guidelines about Mastodon’s Trade Mark Policy
Today, we’re sharing additional guidelines about our trade mark policy in order to give you more clarity about it, based on questions we received from you!