Re: [CentOS] Re: Linux Trademarked?

On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 17:46, Bryan J. Smith wrote:

Mike McCarty mike.mccarty@sbcglobal.net wrote:

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Err, I believe the problem is the other way. The trademark prohibits the use of the name in the source.

Huh? I totally didn't understand what you even said.

BTW, something isn't a trademark if it's not being referenced in a market context.

Isn't it up to the current owner of the trademark to decide whether something that is visible at all is in a 'market context'? The current owner of the Linux trademark may not object to the name being in a copyright statement and available source code which clearly alludes to the name of the product but another company might object under similar circumstances. Or a future owner of the trademark might.