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The footer of The OpenClaw Community Directory reads: "© 2026 OpenClaw Directory. Not affiliated with OpenClaw." The FAQ — a section the site chose to include — contains the question "Is this site affiliated with OpenClaw?" The site anticipated this question sufficiently to write it into the FAQ, which means the answer is no and the team knew visitors would ask. The directory named itself after the AI assistant whose ecosystem it catalogues, added the word "Directory" to the end to signal it is merely adjacent rather than official, and then built a FAQ entry to manage the brand confusion it created by naming itself that way. This is the startup equivalent of opening a restaurant called "McDonald's Community Kitchen" and putting "Not affiliated with McDonald's Corporation" in the footer menu.
