Re: Linux Trademarked? -- [OT] time to take this off-list (it's clearly just you and I) ...

[lesmikesell at gmail.com (Les Mikesell)]

On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 13:10, Mike McCarty wrote:
> > In fact, I don't see how you could meet the
> > requirement of keeping copyright notices intact for the linux kernel
> > without calling it linux.   And I'd expect it to be very difficult
> 
> Precisely my point. And, in order to preserve the trademark, he may
> have to do something of the sort. Remember, the law doesn't have to
> make sense, it just has to be enforceable :-)
> 
> > to remove the name from the source code and keep it working.
> 
> Why is that?

Consider all the independently written and maintained kernel modules
that expect to find needed things under /usr/include/linux as a
simple example.  I'm sure some things that peek there at run-time
too.

> > There might be a special case here since Linus still controls the
> > trademark, but suppose it survives him and falls into the wrong
> > hands.  Suppose, for the worst case example, SCO owned the trademark.
> 
> Now, now. Your prejudices are showing :-)
> 
> How about Yoko Ono?

OK, some unnamed entity with a history of taking money from a
well-heeled company and subsequently causing trouble for it's
competitors.  Note that I'm not saying those things are related,
but I don't think it applies to Yoko.

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   Les Mikesell
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