that's not what "open" customarily means in the context of software development.
> Why are we trying to legislate and regulate the name of a company?
Nobody on news.ycombinator.com is capable of legislating anything, but to answer your question, it's because the name is deceptive.
And anyways, the names of companies are already "legislated and regulated". If you don't believe me then I dare you to start a new software corporation called Microsoft and see how far you can go before somebody forces you to change it.
that's not what "open" customarily means in the context of software development.
> Why are we trying to legislate and regulate the name of a company?
Nobody on news.ycombinator.com is capable of legislating anything, but to answer your question, it's because the name is deceptive.
And anyways, the names of companies are already "legislated and regulated". If you don't believe me then I dare you to start a new software corporation called Microsoft and see how far you can go before somebody forces you to change it.