From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
To: "Kok, Auke" <sofar@foo-projects.org>
Cc: andy <rootstrap@googlemail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Need to pay to use the word "Linux" in commercial products/services!
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:51:28 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <492C8170.7050703@xenotime.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <492C7F7F.3020801@foo-projects.org>
Kok, Auke wrote:
> andy wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I found it a bit strange that the word "Linux" has to be licensed!
>> The "word" is protected under GPL v2, as it is appear first in 1991
>> in GPL code. Trademarks and Patents are not allowed in GPL!
>> The registration of the name at later point of time, and now the
>> licensing terms are very confusing to me, could someone help
>> me to understand better please?
>
> please talk to a laywer, they can explain everything to you.
Yes. However, there is this: http://www.linuxmark.org/
~rdd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-11-25 22:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-11-25 22:39 Need to pay to use the word "Linux" in commercial products/services! andy
2008-11-25 22:43 ` Kok, Auke
2008-11-25 22:51 ` Randy Dunlap [this message]
2008-11-25 22:45 ` david
2008-11-25 22:57 ` Alan Cox
2008-11-26 0:24 ` Jon Masters
2008-11-26 2:21 ` Theodore Tso
2008-11-27 16:52 ` Lennart Sorensen
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