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Trademark infringement
Trademark infringement
Posted Aug 6, 2003 21:08 UTC (Wed) by southey (subscriber, #9466)Parent article: The text of SCO's "Linux license"
The footer of LWN says it all:
"Linux (®) is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds" so sue them for improper use of a trademark. Also, if Linus doesn't give permisson for them to use the Linux trademark, does this make the license invalid?
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Trademark infringement
Posted Aug 6, 2003 21:16 UTC (Wed) by mattdm (subscriber, #18) [Link]
You can always use a trademark in a descriptive sense.
Trademark infringement
Posted Aug 6, 2003 21:49 UTC (Wed) by southey (subscriber, #9466) [Link]
But they are not doing so. All other license's do at least mention who owns various trademarks.
Trademark infringement
Posted Aug 7, 2003 0:01 UTC (Thu) by piman (subscriber, #8957) [Link]
They do that, but it's not required.
Food for thought
Posted Dec 26, 2003 1:37 UTC (Fri) by adaptr (guest, #18182) [Link]
I have no experience with copyright and/or trademark law (either US or NL), but if I were Linus, I'd seriously consider specifically forbidding SCO to use the trademark _in any way whatsoever_.Anybody know whether such an exception is possible ?
I know that it won't bring any long-term victories, but it might just send a small message to the f*ckers - from the creator of the system, no less - that some people don't think much of what they're trying to shove down our collective throats.
And imagine how hilarious it would make this License read!
"oh sh*t, we have to replace every single use of the word "Linux" with "that trademark we are not allowed to use"!"
Does it for me ;-)