Re: [lq:general] [Fwd: [Consortium] Linux trademark]

Etienne Goyer <> · Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:54:04 -0400

Un article de NewsForge, datant de 2002, qui discute de LMI.

http://www.newsforge.com/business/02/04/19/1651220.shtml

Je n'ai pas lu le "sublicense agreement" au complet, mais si il faut
effectivement payer en tant qu'OBSL, je m'opposerais à ça.  200$ USD,
c'est abusif.

Robin Millette wrote:
> Hmmm, qu'est-ce que vous pensez de ça ?
> 
> Faudra-t-il débourser pour Linux-Québec, etc. ?
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> Hello all,
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> The Linux Mark Institute, now part of OSDL it seems, is attempting to 
> charge organisations which use Linux in their name - even non-profits 
> like linuxaudio.org:
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> http://www.linuxmark.org/forms/linux_licence_doc.html#Check1
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> I think we should resist this move on principle. It may only be US 
> $200 per year at the moment for a non-profit, but I don't think it's 
> really in the spirit of free software to go round mugging people for 
> money like this. I thought the name Linux was trademarked to prevent 
> it from abuse.
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> Cheers
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> Daniel
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