Les Mikesell lesmikesell@gmail.com wrote:
Can you give proper copyright credit on the Linux kernel without the name Linux? A quick grep through the source tree shows the word is used thousands of times.
If this was the case, CentOS couldn't exist. Heck, Red Hat Enterprise Linux couldn't exist. This is trademark. It's about a "mark" in "trade." If you do not use the mark in the trade, you are fine.
If there are restrictions on the usage, how do you
reconcile
that with the GPL requirement that prohibits additional restrictions?
Read your GPL more closely. GPL requires the software be functional without additional requirements. You do not need a trademark for it to be functional. The GPL does not prohibit bundling of other software that has restrictions, as long as the software does not require it to function.