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Originariamente inviato da idt_winchip

non ci credo...

Devo quotare Linus?

Finally, just to make it clear: not only do I not get a cent of the
trademark money, but even LMI (who actually administers the mark) has so
far historically always lost money on it. That's not a way to sustain a
trademark, so they're trying to at least become self-sufficient, but so
far I can tell that lawyers fees to _give_ that protection that commercial
companies want have been higher than the license fees.

Questo post chiarisce meglio le cose:
http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/li...ek04/0654.html
un paio di estratti:

I'm required to ask people to acknowledge the trademark. When you use the term "Linux" in official marketing literature etc, you should acknowledge it as a trademark owned by me. Not because I love seeing my name in print, but simply because of the "policing" issue (#2) above.

If your intent is to use the word "linux" as part of a real Linux project, that doesn't mean that you automatically absolutely have to get permission from me. That's the LAST thing I want.

Questo invece è un problema reale che Linus vuole affrontare, del quale si trovano fin troppi esempi di abusi su internet:

But, for example, if your intent is to register "mylinux.com" (made up example, I don't know if it is registered or not) only in the hopes of selling the domain name for mucho dinero later, then that kind of intent is not something I (or anybody else, I think) would find really acceptable

Già che ci siamo, vogliamo parlare del "marchio" Redhat?