On Wed, 8 Aug 2007, R. B. wrote:
> Florian Klaempfl wrote:
> There is no need to register a trademark if you can prove otherwise
> (publications etc.) that you use this trademark.
>
>
> Florain and All,
>
> David is right. Let me remind you that Linus Torvalds didn't register
> Linux in the beginning. Later he and his friends had to suffer a lot
> and pay a very high price for that mistake. If my memory serves me
> right, it took them lots of money and about 2 years struggling in
> courts in order to prove that "Linux" is theirs. They were lucky and
> finally won the case and thus Linux became a trademark of Linus
> Torvalds. It's not just in the states. it's the same almost in all
> other countries in the world.
Your memory and argument are right, and I have used the same argument
in an internal discussion with the core developers.
But you must see the arguments of the developers too: this is, after all,
a hobby project for them. All this legal stuff is forced on us, so it is
natural that we are putting a brake on some things.
(see also the recent mail of Vincent)
That said, we're obviously discussing things internally as well, and
I'm confident that a solution will pop up that everybody will find
acceptable.
Michael.
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