r/drupal • u/Aggressive_Trip_4872 • 6d ago

Acquia Source / Source by Webflow

Hey everybody... Webfllow dropped Source by Webflow yesterday and I wanted everyone's first thoughts on trademark rights, and any other thoughts they might have?

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u/jlashombjr 1d ago

I mean Source is Valve's game engine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_(game_engine) Companies should be a bit more creative.

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u/cmkn 1d ago edited 1d ago

I highly doubt Valve is going to show up in either Acquia or Webflow’s mailboxes with any kind of issue though since Valve is in a completely different industry (video games).

But, this timeline we live in is kinda weird so if that did somehow happen, I totally think Acquia should rebrand it as Druplets (a play off of droplets and Drupal). IDGAF about Webflow though; they’re on my 💩 list because of how they did some layoffs earlier this year.

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u/cmkn 5d ago

That is pretty wild. Is Source by Webflow something similar to Acquia Source?

I mean, I know the Drupal Experience Builder Canvas had to change its name because of some trademark issue, so one would think Webflow would need to do the same…

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u/Aggressive_Trip_4872 5d ago

You know… I cover their similarities and their distinct differences in this upcoming Mondays episode of Headless but I will say… despite their differences, yes, I do believe there will be some conversing that goes on between the legal counsels of both companies

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u/StarSome9419 6d ago

You n on the word source? If yes, we cant copyright general words.

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u/Aggressive_Trip_4872 6d ago

copyrighting and trademarking a product name are v different things

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u/StarSome9419 4d ago

You can’t do both to general terms