Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753171AbYKYWnT (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:43:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752084AbYKYWnI (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:43:08 -0500 Received: from mail.lang.hm ([64.81.33.126]:59043 "EHLO bifrost.lang.hm" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751386AbYKYWnI (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:43:08 -0500 Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:45:08 -0800 (PST) From: david@lang.hm X-X-Sender: dlang@asgard.lang.hm To: andy cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Need to pay to use the word "Linux" in commercial products/services! In-Reply-To: <2c918050811251439g713c71ddy252c37497b1199b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <2c918050811251439g713c71ddy252c37497b1199b@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (DEB 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 789 Lines: 20 On Tue, 25 Nov 2008, andy wrote: > I found it a bit strange that the word "Linux" has to be licensed! > The "word" is protected under GPL v2, as it is appear first in 1991 > in GPL code. Trademarks and Patents are not allowed in GPL! > The registration of the name at later point of time, and now the > licensing terms are very confusing to me, could someone help > me to understand better please? 1. Trademarks are definantly allowed with GPL code. 2. what are you referring to when you say the work Linux has to be licensed? David Lang -- 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/