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Maybe this could clarify things a bit..
I don't know if anyone posted this already, but there's another article in channel-one.de concerning the trademark-issue. The article is here. I really can't speak that much german, but the point is (I think) that they say that they are not going to use the trademark to get profit or anything. Dunno, run it trough babelfish, maybe you could make something sensible out of the article.
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Channel-One publishes statement why they did it.The Channel-One web site now shows a statement
about the Linux trademark they filed in Germany.
It translates (in short words) into:
It is true that we have trademarked 'Linux' here in Germany.
It is clear to us, that we cannot claim the Linux name for us.
If there is a owner then it is Linus Thorvalds.
We know that we wouldn't make new friends in the
Linux community, if we would claim the Linux trade mark for us.
We had heard rumours that another company was
palnning to trademark Linux in Germany for
commercial reasons.
We checked at the trademark office and were amazed
to find out, that 'Linux' was not protected here.
To protect the Linux trademark in Germany, we went
straight to the trademark office and trademarked it.
The only reason we did this was to protect the
Linux trademark from commercial exploitation.
We ourself are fans of the Linux movement and we
don't want to suck profit out of it (ann:the trademark?)
We are preparing our own Linux distribution which is
aimed at office users and which shall be released
next year to increase the user base of Linux.
Our intranet software 'Intraline' which we have
written, runs under Linux too.
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So it looks as if penguins could calm down again somewhat. -
Re:The ((web)) address of that German Company...
or you might want to use this:
Channel.One GmbH
Beratungs- und Systemhaus
für Internet- und Intranet-Systemlösungen
Am Sandtorkai 77
20457 Hamburg
Telefon 040 37646-0
Telefax 040 37646-292
http://www.channel-one.de
boss mail: Roy Boldt, Geschäftsführer -
Re:The ((web)) address of that German Company...
or you might want to use this:
Channel.One GmbH
Beratungs- und Systemhaus
für Internet- und Intranet-Systemlösungen
Am Sandtorkai 77
20457 Hamburg
Telefon 040 37646-0
Telefax 040 37646-292
http://www.channel-one.de
boss mail: Roy Boldt, Geschäftsführer -
The web address of that German Company...
..which filed the Linux trade mark is
www.channel-one.de
They have an email address info@channel-one.de
and apparently feedback@channel-one.de ( I found
the latter using a search engine).
Their web pages look relatively Linux friendly and
reasonable. So it might be worth to find out _why_
they trademarked Linux (only stupid or unfriendly?).
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The web address of that German Company...
..which filed the Linux trade mark is
www.channel-one.de
They have an email address info@channel-one.de
and apparently feedback@channel-one.de ( I found
the latter using a search engine).
Their web pages look relatively Linux friendly and
reasonable. So it might be worth to find out _why_
they trademarked Linux (only stupid or unfriendly?).
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The web address of that German Company...
..which filed the Linux trade mark is
www.channel-one.de
They have an email address info@channel-one.de
and apparently feedback@channel-one.de ( I found
the latter using a search engine).
Their web pages look relatively Linux friendly and
reasonable. So it might be worth to find out _why_
they trademarked Linux (only stupid or unfriendly?).
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