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Let's Encrypt Won its Comodo Trademark Battle - but Now Fan Tools Must Rename

posted by takyon on Monday September 19 2016, @08:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the let's-rename dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

Popular Bash shell script LetsEncrypt.sh, which is used to manage free SSL/TLS certificates from the Let's Encrypt project, has renamed this week to avoid a trademark row. This comes in the wake of Let's Encrypt successfully fending off Comodo, which tried to cynically snatch "Let's Encrypt" for itself.

LetsEncrypt.sh, written by Germany-based Lukas Schauer, is now known as Dehydrated. If you have scripts or apps that rely on pulling in his code and running it, they may stop working as a result of the name change. Dehydrated is developed independently by Schauer and is not officially affiliated with Let's Encrypt.

"This project was renamed from letsencrypt.sh because the original name was violating Let's Encrypt's trademark policy. I know that this results in quite a lot of installations failing but I didn't have a choice," reads the new Dehydrated README.

[...] Full disclosure: This article's author uses Let's Encrypt to provide HTTPS encryption for his personal websites. And you should use it too.

Our Previous Story: 800-Pound Comodo Tries to Trademark Upstart Rival's "Let's Encrypt" Name

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  • (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Monday September 19 2016, @09:26PM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Monday September 19 2016, @09:26PM (#403986) Homepage

    You probably also don't own a TV [theonion.com].

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 19 2016, @10:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 19 2016, @10:12PM (#404002)

    For those who don't own a TV but still watch TV, pirated TV shows tend not to be encrypted, because nobody really cares to encrypt a video stream of something that was a public broadcast, and anyone who for whatever reason needs encryption can use a VPN.

  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday September 19 2016, @10:12PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Monday September 19 2016, @10:12PM (#404003)

    Actually to be fair, I would say "I don't monetize a blog" kind of needs to be said because it seems the default opinion is that every website exists solely to make money.

    And is repeatedly complaining about people who repeatedly mention they don't have TV really any better?

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 19 2016, @10:32PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 19 2016, @10:32PM (#404017)

      That's what happens when you outsource and offshore all productive work. A grifting economy emerges where every web site is a marketing scam. SN is only slightly better by begging for money instead of running deceptive ads.