I think I was not clear enough: I too believe that registering the term as a trademark does no good to the developer community. But I don't think that the reasons behind this have to be some kind of extortion scheme, or that the reasoning for the trademark (http://www.young-targets.com/free-licences/) have to be completely made up. I would like to see the trademark go away, I just don't like how quickly accusations came up.
>Are you by any chance working for them or an affiliate company?
I think this is a honest attempt at creating a gatekeeper for the use of the term and protect it from corporate interest. I also believe that the example of the doctape hackathon shows how this attempt does not work very well.
I could not find any trolling in the post, and also no whining. I mean, how should we have a discussion about a certain kickstarter project if all you have to say is "If you don't like it, don't participate."
>Are you by any chance working for them or an affiliate company?
No.