[CentOS] Linux Trademarked?

Fri Aug 19 17:55:22 UTC 2005
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 12:43, Johnny Hughes 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 there are restrictions on the usage, how
> > do you reconcile that with the GPL requirement that prohibits
> > additional restrictions?
> > 
> 
> Yes ... that is a linux kernel
> 
> You can't use "Linux" in the name of your company or the name of your
> product without permission.

So how do you describe your product, giving proper credit without
infringing?  Have you cleared everything up with RedHat after getting
the same kind of letter from them.  And if so, are you sure you wouldn't
be sued out of existence anyway if it were some company other than
RedHat under the same circumstances?

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   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell at gmail.com