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>Sure, but then you're on the hook for what they officially do with the name, since you've sanctioned them.

What does the mean in real terms? If the software had a issue that causes computers to burn peoples houses down would Bethesda be at fault somehow?

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The author endorses racist/sexist views, comes out for child labor, and incorporates those themes into their work, or somehow publicizes that fact in relation to your property. The details don't matter to 99% of the people out there, if an official Doom product endorsed racism, Bethesda would definitely be dealing with the fallout.

Seems a bit far fetched for me.

I'm not sure how likely it is factors all that much. When you have a hundred million to billion dollar business, why risk allowing anything even remotely like that which might harm your brand? It's much easier to just say no.

ReiserFS took a pretty bad publicity hit.

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