Re: [OT]Linus trademarks Linux?!!

[Jesper Juhl]

On 8/20/05, Alejandro Bonilla Beeche <abonilla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 22:13 -0700, alan wrote:
> > On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, Kernel Hacker wrote:
> >
> > > Friend,
> > > What fact is behind this article
> > > http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25529.
> >
> > The article is also wrong.
> >
> > Try this one instead...
> >
> > http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/08/19/1842249.shtml?tid=2&tid=138
> 
> OK, now I would like to see a more official statement about this. Does
> the linuxjournal.com pay $5000?
> 
> If I ever do something commercial with linuxwireless.org, I will need to
> pay $5000?
> 
> Linus?
> 

Linux being a registered trademark is old news.

Linus clarified the whole "Linux is a registered trademark of Linus
Torvalds" thing back in 2000 in a lengthy email to LKML.

He explained both why Linux was registered as a trademark, why he has
to enforce/police it to keep it, and what the groundrules regarding
its use are (and don't worry, it's all quite sensible).

You can find the email here :
http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2000week04/0654.html


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