[CentOS] Linux Trademarked?

Fri Aug 19 17:39:58 UTC 2005
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 11:29, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
> > 
> > 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.

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?

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  Les Mikesell
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