Linus wants money for the word Linux

[Jenda]

Do we have to pay for mentioning Linux? LINUX LINUX LINUX!!! It doesn't seem so...

[Siplus]

Oh fuck, read the fucking article. He makes barely anything, the only people getting rich are people in the law/trademark industry.

IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO READ THE ARTICLE, YOU SHOULD NOT POST EITHER. ARGH.

Obviously you don't visit Slashdot

:-p

[Kintaro]

No, I get it a day later by email, that way a) the links actually work.

And I don't bother reading comments often.

[Calum]

well in my opinion it is poor form to charge nonprofit organisations money for using the word linux.

why not subsidise them by charging organisations more that make money from linux? they can afford it after all.

also, it's funny that linus torvalds owns the trademark for the word linux since it wasn't even him that came up with the word in the first place! (it was Ari Lemmke, wasn't it?)

[Jenda]

Indeed t'was...
They should really let NPOs get away without the fee. $200 buck is a LOT of money for many people.

[Kintaro]

Yes, but then it isn't enforcing the trademark and it would allow Microsoft Linux to brush off in a court case nicely. That and some non profit organisations are complete dicks and might give Linux a bad name.

[Orethrius]

Yes, but then it isn't enforcing the trademark and it would allow Microsoft Linux to brush off in a court case nicely. That and some non profit organisations are complete dicks and might give Linux a bad name.

GNAA Lunix.  :scared:

[Kintaro]

MrX Linux would be worse.

[Aloone_Jonez]

That would never exist, MrX BeOS might happen tough.

[Kintaro]

Yeah, and the thing wouldn't even compile if his use of a programming language resembles the way he uses the English language.