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1 in 9 Companies Sign Linux Trademark Letter

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wonder-where-this-will-go dept.

An anonymous reader writes "More than 10 percent of the 90-odd organisations which received a letter asking them to relinquish any legal claim to the 'Linux' name have agreed to do so. Jeremy Malcolm, the lawyer who's leading the charge on behalf of Linux Mark Institute, described the response and favorable, saying: "Not all of the recipients were using Linux as part of their business of product/service names. He added that one of the purposes of sending the letter out in the first place was to discern which organisations might use the name for commercial gain."

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  1. Where will it go? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    from the wonder-where-this-will-go dept.

    Into Lunis' pockets, of course.

    1. Re:Where will it go? by kpwoodr · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      So the code is open source...but not the name.

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  2. Whose business model is this? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    I can't believe that Linus is adopting business strategy from SCO!

    Maybe SCO is now going to sue Linus again.

  3. Re:Free as in ... by Cyno · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yes, go to FreeBSD, loser.

    They need more users like you.

    But please, please, please stop using Linux.

    You're too stoopid.