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   Mastodon (mastodon@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 21:38:09 JST Mastodon

   Some new t-shirt and pin designs are available in our store, and you can also get free downloadable posters to help to spread Mastodon!

   #mastodon #merchtodon

   https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/new-t-shirts-pins-and-posters/

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     Elena Rossini ⁂ (_elena@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 22:27:09 JST Elena Rossini ⁂

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     @Mastodon please consider doing children's t-shirts next! 🤗

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 22:52:15 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Joakim Melin

     @joacim @Mastodon What does this mean? When has that ever happened?

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     Joakim Melin (joacim@mastodon.melin.org)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 22:52:17 JST Joakim Melin

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     @Mastodon Can we wear them in public without you suing us for displaying the Mastodon name in public?

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 22:55:27 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Joakim Melin

     @joacim @Mastodon When you wear a t-shirt with our logo, I think it’s unlikely anyone would assume that you are a service operated by Mastodon GmbH, so there is less room for confusion.

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     Joakim Melin (joacim@mastodon.melin.org)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 22:55:29 JST Joakim Melin

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     • Eugen Rochko

     @Gargron @Mastodon
     https://mastodon.melin.org/@joacim/116380531329534787

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 22:59:20 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Joakim Melin

     @joacim @Mastodon Wouldn’t it be better to use “social” as a subdomain anyway, in case you ever want to swap out the software powering it?

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     Joakim Melin (joacim@mastodon.melin.org)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 22:59:22 JST Joakim Melin

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     • Eugen Rochko

     @Gargron @Mastodon but I can't use the word "mastodon" for my instance? ie mastodon.whatever.tld.

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     Dr. Victoria Grinberg (vicgrinberg@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 22:59:46 JST Dr. Victoria Grinberg

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     @Mastodon I'd love to wear the designs (also when doing outreach), but unisex cuts don't work for my body shape. Please consider female specific cuts for some of the next releases 💚

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 23:07:49 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Joakim Melin

     @joacim @Mastodon The policy has been in place for multiple years, and it’s pretty standard for any open source project. Some servers that predate the policy have requested explicit permission to continue using the trademark.

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     Joakim Melin (joacim@mastodon.melin.org)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 23:07:51 JST Joakim Melin

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     • Eugen Rochko

     @Gargron @Mastodon That's one opinion. I'm still wondering about your legal language and the name of my Mastodon instance.

     There are more examples, like mastodonsweden.se or mastodon.nu - You're going to take action against them?

     I understand you want to protect your trademark but the rules regarding what to name our instances and what hostnames/domain names we use is very overreaching.

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 23:22:00 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Joakim Melin

     @joacim @Mastodon A couple things: I’m not sure you would have a good time keeping a domain name with “microsoft” in it; I don’t think anyone has threatened you; and you’re not a customer, Mastodon is free and open source. Do whatever you like.

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     Joakim Melin (joacim@mastodon.melin.org)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 23:22:02 JST Joakim Melin

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     • Eugen Rochko

     @Gargron @Mastodon Not even Microsoft would threaten it's customers for naming a server "exchange.domain.tld".

     I guess I'll just have kill my instance and leave Mastodon then. I thought Mastodon was something else. Too bad it turned out to be yet another corporate bullshit operation behind the scenes.

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 23:27:59 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Jan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦

     @jan @Mastodon Email me at eugen@joinmastodon.org with the translation and I’ll put together a Czech copy.

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     Jan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦 (jan@social.dytrych.cloud)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 23:28:00 JST Jan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦

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     @Mastodon I would like to have poster in Czech language, is there something I can do about it?

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     Eugen Rochko (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 23:35:07 JST Eugen Rochko

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     • Joakim Melin

     @joacim @Mastodon Before you make any hasty decisions though I would recommend reaching out to trademark@joinmastodon.org via email to clarify your specific use of the trademark.

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     Iris Volk (funkvolk@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Apr-2026 23:45:44 JST Iris Volk

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     @Mastodon Nächste Kollektion "Mastodon ist nicht das Fediverse!!!"

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     MadeInDex 📰🌎 (madeindex@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Apr-2026 01:28:31 JST MadeInDex 📰🌎

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     @Mastodon That t-shirt fits so well with this actually: https://mastodon.social/@madeindex/116381133582413117