On 9/5/05, Todd Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/5/05, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Old news. This originally started back in 2000. > > > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050816092029989#c352484 > > That link didn't indicate anything (that I saw) about this starting in > 2000. > > I read the article at the top of the page you linked to. The author > seemed to be saying, "It's not a conspiracy, the reasons are well > known, and people do this kind of thing all the time." It was not > very convincing. I don't see what's wrong with treating the word > "Linux" like any other computing term. "Kernel" is not trademarked! > People use "kernel" in very different ways! But if they use it in the > wrong way, nobody is for the worse. What about people who patch > Linux? When does it become not-Linux? What about distros? If I want > to start my own very-small, special-purpose Linux distro, do I have to > pay $200 if I want to call my project "Todd's Linux"? > > This seems kind of dumb to me. Linux (R) doesn't need protecting. > > -todd >
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