Metroworks for Linux
Anthony J. Gabrielson
agabriel at coe.neu.edu
Wed May 17 10:32:09 EDT 2000
Thats fine but they renamed Linus to Linux on the CD. Instead of being
Linus torvald he is now Linux Torvalds :-).
Anthony
On Wed, 17 May 2000, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> That is correct. A few years ago some sleazy Boston attorney registered
> Linux as a trademark and sent letters to some of the businesses that
> write code or produice distributions. Linux International (eg. Maddog Hall)
> led the fight to regain the Linux trademark. I didn't keep up with the legal
> battle, but from a legal standpoint, they probably were able to establish
> Linus as the most legitimate owner of the name.
>
> On 17 May 2000, at 8:44, Anthony J. Gabrielson wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I was just taking a peak at the CodeWarrior for Linux cd. It says
> > something I found interesting - "Linux is a registered trademark of Linux
> > Torvalds". I got a kick out of it, I guess it doesn't take much :-).
> \
> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
> Associate Director
> Boston Linux and Unix user group
> http://www.blu.org
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