-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. []s - -- Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org> "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDBgjypdyWzQ5b5ckRAhRxAKCQBwkGwbNnmGQeZB/QvcJvRbyHoQCfblJM kwBIEv8XOuZKRfMRqjbr40M= =oZVW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----