Metroworks for Linux

[Jerry Feldman]

I missed that on the original post. Chalk up a bug for Code Warrior :-)

On 17 May 2000, at 10:32, Anthony J. Gabrielson wrote:

> 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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