Linux(R) is now a TradeMark !!!

Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:47 pm

Ehehehe $200 dollars anual fee for using the word Lin*x ...

More info at:

http://www.linuxmark.org/

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:49 pm

Aaa great, another letter to add when I write Linux®

Shannara · Post by **Shannara** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 8:52 pm

Hmm, from what I read recently, I thought only the trademark applies to Aussies.

dagcrack · Post by **dagcrack** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:12 pm

LINUX heil.. LINUX.. heil.. as if someone would do something because im WRITTING LINUX!!!

I can write THIS this and THIS because its freedom of speech you LINUX !"$%!"(=$)#"!#!=)!#ers..

dracflamloc · Post by **dracflamloc** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:26 pm

Its only a fee if you use Linux as part of your company name.

dagcrack · Post by **dagcrack** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:11 pm

Yes but no one ever finds my sarcasm and all that stuff on the posts?
Pity..

dracflamloc · Post by **dracflamloc** » Wed Aug 24, 2005 11:38 pm

Its the internet....

where "OMG WHERE IS THE COOL HAXORS!!!" means that you're yelling. OUCH YOU'RE HURTING MY EARSZ!!!

Num3 · Post by **Num3** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:00 am

dagcrack wrote:Yes but no one ever finds my sarcasm and all that stuff on the posts?
Pity..

You sick bastard !!!

dmoc · Post by **dmoc** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:46 pm

Eh... ever thought... it stops MicroSh*ts from trade marking it? Duh.

Post by **Dare2** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:47 pm

dmoc wrote:Eh... ever thought... it stops MicroSh*ts from trade marking it? Duh.

True.

Mind you, perhaps just different and sanitised marketing? Do you reckon Linus Torvalds is short of a quid?

Edit: BTW, why is Linux such a catch-word and not GNU. Isn't 70% - 90% of any linux distro based on GNU Unix. It just sits on top. Hey - maybe that's it - visibility is everything!

dmoc · Post by **dmoc** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:07 pm

But imagine the cost of fighting a trade mark dispute with a big co. Better to protect early than risk costly battle.

Tiz true, the meat be GNU (not bad for off the top o'me ead)

Linux, AFAIK, was a wee project and won over the HURD (which I think now works and, I think, is a better concept). At the end of the day it is "only" the kernel, all else (practically) is GNU stuff so original credit should be Stallmans. Linux, alas, captured peoples attention and attracted a vast army of supporters so one could argue without it, well, where would the rest be?

Post by **Dare2** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:23 pm

dmoc wrote:Tiz true, the meat be GNU (not bad for off the top o'me ead)

lol.

Bad puns and all!