[CentOS] Linux Trademarked?

[Rodrigo Barbosa]

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On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 11:27:01AM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 11:02, David Johnston wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 10:55 -0400, William Warren wrote:
> > > http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25529
> > > 
> > > what's everyone's thoughts on this one?
> > 
> > Trademarks must be enforced or they disappear.  If the trademark on
> > "Linux" were to disappear, Linus would not be able to stop anyone from
> > calling anything Linux. 
> 
> Yet the GPL explicitly gives anyone the right to fork the Linux kernel
> into anything they want as long as they meet the GPL requirements.  Odd
> paradox there, given the requirement to retain proper copyright
> notices...

That has absolutely nothing to do with the GPL. Is is a Trademark on the
NAME. Feel free to fork the code and name it something else, and you
won't have any trademark related problems.

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Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org>
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