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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. Trademark Requirements by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 3, Funny

    Trademark Requirements:

    1. Does it run Linux?
    2. ...
    3. Profit?

  2. But... by Vo0k · · Score: 4, Funny

    But I've already paid $699! How can they charge me again for the same thing?!

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  3. My Favorite Quote From Linus by bajan_on_ice · · Score: 4, Funny
    from http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/8/20/95 which explains this whole debacle...

    Gaah. I don't tend to bother about slashdot, because quite frankly, the whole _point_ of slashdot is to have this big public wanking session with people getting together and making their own "insightful" comment on any random topic, whether they know anything about it or not.


    Now THATS insightful!
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  4. Re:Why charge for it? by DrMowinckel · · Score: 3, Funny

    What happens if he gets sucked into a weirdo-cult? You mean, as in the F(L)OSS Community?

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