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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:51:28 -0800 From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net> To: "Kok, Auke" <sofar@...-projects.org> CC: andy <rootstrap@...glemail.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Need to pay to use the word "Linux" in commercial products/services! Kok, Auke wrote: > 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. Yes. However, there is this: http://www.linuxmark.org/ ~rdd -- 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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