Linux Trademark Fun Continues

Orre noted an article running on internetnews about LMI's efforts to license the Linux trademark to companies that use it. Prices range from $200 to $5k for companies with over a million bucks in revenue.

So I guess...

[Nuclear Elephant]

Prices range from $200 to $5k for companies with over a million bucks in revenue.

So I guess that's free as in 'freedom' then?

Trademark Requirements

[Nuclear Elephant]

Trademark Requirements:

1. Does it run Linux?
2. ...
3. Profit?

Re:This is a good idea

[duffbeer703]

Plus, if you can't cough up $200, two guys in a basement have the option of just changing their product's name so that it doesn't claim to be "Linux".

A product called "Two Guys in a Basement OS" or "Two Guys in a Basement OS, Powered by Linux" would not require a trademark license.

But...

[Vo0k]

But I've already paid $699! How can they charge me again for the same thing?!

My Favorite Quote From Linus

[bajan_on_ice]

from http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/8/20/95 [lkml.org] which explains this whole debacle...

Gaah. I don't tend to bother about slashdot, because quite frankly, the whole _point_ of slashdot is to have this big public wanking session with people getting together and making their own "insightful" comment on any random topic, whether they know anything about it or not.

Now THATS insightful!

Re:Linus Torvalds explains it

[david.given]

Linus Torvald explains Slashdot:

...quite frankly, the whole _point_ of slashdot is to have this big public wanking session with people getting together and making their own "insightful" comment on any random topic, whether they know anything about it or not.

...and, once again, gets it spot on!

(I'm just wondering whether this gets modded 'Funny', 'Insightful', or 'Flamebait'...)

Unless you're SCO...

[slapout]

...then your fee is $1,000,000,000 per copy :-)

Re:Why charge for it?

[DrMowinckel]

What happens if he gets sucked into a weirdo-cult? You mean, as in the F(L)OSS Community?

Re:Linus disses /.

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, but is he wrong?

Re:Linus disses /.

[Mr. Underbridge]

No, he's just dissing the id10t's who post their opinon before bothering to read up on the subject.

That's a fine distinction. That's like saying I don't hate the KKK, I just hate the racists in it.