[CentOS] Re: Linux Trademarked?

Mike McCarty mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net
Tue Aug 23 23:29:50 UTC 2005


Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>>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.

As I pointed out, a company I worked for was required to remove
a trademark acquired after the fact by another company. From
source.

Do you consider privately owned source code sitting on privately
owned discs, and not distributed to be "a market context"?

Mike
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