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Linux Trademark Fun Continues

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-read dept.

Orre noted an article running on internetnews about LMI's efforts to license the Linux trademark to companies that use it. Prices range from $200 to $5k for companies with over a million bucks in revenue.

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  1. Yeah we think yous guys may need protection... by Ingolfke · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Torvalds explained that a company could decide not to sublicense and call their product "anything MyLinux but the downside is that you may have somebody else who _did_ protect himself come along and send you a cease-and-desist letter."

    It's all about whether someone wants or need protection

    Torvalds later went on to say that "it's a dangerous world out there. You know if you don't buy some protection from me things could happen. You might fall and break your legs, or maybe your house catches fire. Dangerous times."

  2. I Hope This Kills Linux by JohnDeHope3 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'd like to see linux die. Then maybe all the crazy open source guys would start a new OS that didn't inherit all the byzantine UNIX crazyness. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about having POSIX compliance and all. But it'd be nice if the OSS world gave me an alternative to MS and Apple that didn't leave me feeling like I was living in 1960.

  3. Re:Linus Torvalds explains it by rah1420 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    (I'm just wondering whether this gets modded 'Funny', 'Insightful', or 'Flamebait'...)

                Probably all three of them :-)

    Well, after three hours, it's "None of them." ;-{)

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