Web x, where x != 2.0
Regarding the O’Reilly/CMP “Web 2.0 (SM)” trademark shitstorm, Sean
McGrath humourously suggested a workaround — using a different revision
number instead of “2.0″, specifically e,
2.71….
However, it’s not quite that simple in many jurisdictions, apparently. It
seems that trademark law — in the US, at least — allows trademarks which
include a number to also cover uses within roughly plus or minus 10 of that
number. In other words, CMP’s application will cover the range from Web -8.0 (SM) (assuming negative numbers are included?) to Web
12.0 (SM).
So much for “Web 3.0″, “Web 2.1″, “Web 2.71…”, and so on. Back to the
drawing board, Sean! 
(disclaimer: IANAL, of course. Credit to Craig for that tidbit.)
Update: doh, got the value of e wrong…
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