Is that true for open source software that is not making any money? I would be very surprised if a big company went after someone maintaining an open source project.
That would be some pretty terrible PR:
“Billion dollar company X sues open source developer because the shade of blue used in their logo is too similar.
A spokesperson for X said that ‘Although they are releasing this software for free to help the community, we can’t have people being confused about the shade of blue they used.’”
No. That’s the opposite. That’s a small company taking on a big one and winning. The OP that I was replying to was talking about big companies going after minnows.
That would be some pretty terrible PR:
“Billion dollar company X sues open source developer because the shade of blue used in their logo is too similar.
A spokesperson for X said that ‘Although they are releasing this software for free to help the community, we can’t have people being confused about the shade of blue they used.’”
It almost sounds like an Onion article to me.