Ivan Labáth has posted comments on this change. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/39088 )
Change subject: Documentation/flash_tutorial: Capitalize start of proper sentence ......................................................................
Patch Set 1:
The 'c' in coreboot is actually intended to be lowercase, as "coreboot" is the trademark (https://trademarks.justia.com/869/60/coreboot-86960637.html).
The reason I submitted the change was to make it easier to read - while I was reading the documentation, I had to reparse the sentence, to find it had ended.
IANAL, but it doesn't seem reasonable lowercase 'c' would be needed for trademark purposes, more likely a consistent branding preference. If it is what you prefer, it is your prerogative.
References:
Adidas has a lowercase trademark and seems almost consistent on not capitalizing its name - often by using all lowercase or all uppercase throughout: https://trademarks.justia.com/search?q=adidas https://www.adidas.com/us/yeezy Web search shows capitalized name on their site, but I had to view source to actually see it on a page: view-source:https://www.adidas.com/us/yeezy Secondary sources like the press and wikipedia don't seem to care about Adidas lowercase preference, at all: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-lancashire-49951277/adidas-trainers... https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/Adidas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas
AFAICT Intel has a lowercase trademark, but doesn't seem to mind capitalization: https://trademarks.justia.com/search?q=intel https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/company-overview/company-overview.ht... https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/series/186673/9th-gener...