Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261985AbTEMQiX (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 12:38:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261956AbTEMQiW (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 12:38:22 -0400 Received: from s4.uklinux.net ([80.84.72.14]:51904 "EHLO mail2.uklinux.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262102AbTEMQhb (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2003 12:37:31 -0400 Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 16:45:23 +0000 From: Jonathan Matthews To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What exactly does "supports Linux" mean? Message-ID: <20030513164523.GA29878@bigdaddy> References: <20030513151630.75ad4028.skraw@ithnet.com> <1052830415.432.2.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1052830415.432.2.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 770 Lines: 20 On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 01:53:37PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Maw, 2003-05-13 at 14:16, Stephan von Krawczynski wrote: [snip] > > > My general conclusion would be that something not working with a standard > > kernel cannot be called "supporting linux", no matter what distros ever are > > supported. You may call me purist... > > Any ideas? > > Linus owns the trademark for the USA certainly. Any ideas who (if anyone) owns it in the UK? Is there anywhere to go to find this out, perhaps for other countries too? jc - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/