[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <492C8170.7050703@xenotime.net>
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/
Powered by blists - more mailing lists