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Open licences need a "no passing off" clause

Open licences need a "no passing off" clause

Posted Jul 15, 2011 3:04 UTC (Fri) by kripkenstein (subscriber, #43281)
In reply to: Open licences need a "no passing off" clause by jhhaller
Parent article: VLC and unwelcome redistributors

But people create new Linux distros all the time, and use the Linux name, without asking permission in the way that you suggest. At least in the US, not protecting a trademark leads to it being lost.


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