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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:43:11 -0800 From: "Kok, Auke" <sofar@...-projects.org> To: andy <rootstrap@...glemail.com> CC: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Need to pay to use the word "Linux" in commercial products/services! 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. Cheers, Auke -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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