-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Hasler wrote: > David Baron writes: >> Now there must be a reason why Microsoft browbeat and legally harrassed >> Robertson until he gave up the name "Lindows". Certainly. > > They _paid_ him. The reason being that it had become quite clear that the > court was not only going to allow the continued use of the LINDOWS mark but > was also going to rule the WINDOWS mark unenforceable.
If I remember correctly, Lindows (now Linspire) actually won the court case in the USA, but lost here in Europe, and rather than having to use different names in different places in the world, they settled with Microsoft. If you actually read Linspire's (and Freespire's) license agreement[0], you'll find that the company's policies are not that different than Microsoft. The license specifically grants the user only the right to use the software, but not to do anything else with it. Joe [0] http://wiki.freespire.org/index.php/Freespire_End_User_License_Agreement -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGSetWiXBCVWpc5J4RAkD+AJ9VtqpObQl6bpwfoO8DQ9bHi2fZgQCgwmIL AJMyFS5HcFLwdJgYDWYAkvk= =BDlr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
