[plug] The clarion voice of sanity in a slashmob of chaos.

[Leon Brooks]

On Wednesday 17 August 2005 11:59, simon wrote:
> There is a big difference between Linus registering Linux as a
> trademark to prevent abuse, and Linus handing off the control of the
> trademark to an organisation who will start collecting license fees.

Not in Australia. The following statement is an approximation, since I'm 
not a lawyer and haven't read the required reams of verbiage. If you 
don't regularly ask for the fees from *some* people, you can lose the 
right to the trademark.

> The type of abuse you mentioned could easily have been avoided by
> simply registering the trademark. What we are talking about here is
> completely different.

No, not in Australia.

Have you read the FAQ?

Cheers; Leon

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