Re: Linux trademark... (Re: KDE v. Gnome)

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From: Phil Hunt
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <874sthr3a8.fsf@paramount.ind>
           rasmusin@paramount.ind "Frank Sweetser" writes:
> not too long ago, some guy (forget his name...) tried to trademark the name
> LINUX, claiming he had been using it for something like ten years.  he then
> went on to demand royalties from everyone who had been using the name
> "LINUX", including redhat, caldera, etc etc.

I hope someone went round his house and beat him up!

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From: philh@vision25.demon.co.uk (Phil Hunt)
Subject: Re: Linux trademark... (Re: KDE v. Gnome)
Date: 1998/10/11
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