In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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wrote
on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:02:25 +0000
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> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Thursday 11 January 2007 17:43 \__
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:22:11 +0000
>> <1493831.sAI3eJnj4d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> IBM wins patent glory, but seeks reform
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Then there's the open-source problem. The collaborative programming
>>> | community, of which IBM is a significant part, shares technology
>>> | freely with licensing terms that often are at odds with corporate
>>> | patent licensing arrangements. IBM has made various attempts to
>>> | put the open-source realm at ease, for example, by sharing some
>>> | patents with open-source projects and pledging to avoid some
>>> | patent lawsuits.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6149272.html
>>>
>>> Also today:
>>>
>>> Cisco sues Apple over use of iPhone trademark
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Cisco Systems has filed a lawsuit against Apple accusing the company
>>> | of infringing its iPhone trademark, the networking company said
>>> | Wednesday.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6149285.html
>>>
>>> Linux is actually a registered trademark owned by Linux Torvalds.
>>
>> And the above iPhone(tm) suit is one example why. :-)
>>
>> BTW, that's "Linus Torvalds", though with our luck "Linux"
>> might be engraved somewhere on his tombstone, far in the
>> future. :-)
>
> There's some company in Alaska which uses the Linux name. I keep finding it
> among the headlines on occasions... Quite funny as it has nothing to do with
> computing. Same with GPL, which apparently provides electricity (or just
> energy) in some African nation.
>
Rösch (at http://www.roesch-swiss.ch/) produces laundry
soap with the Linux brand name. There's little chance of
confusion (although Linux code can be very clean) but lots
of humor possibilities. :-) Other brands include TAID and
Dodomat.
http://www.roesch-swiss.ch/?id=1142&cat_id=19
It's probably going to get weirder. Wrap your brain
around this one, for example:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Frosted_Linux_Charms_Best_new_cereal
http://brianmark.blogspot.com/2006/12/frosted-linux-charms-openly-delicious.html
Somehow, I'm not sure a penguin should be wearing a hat
with a green clover....or anything else green, for that
matter, despite RHAT's profits. :-) (Of course, you could
just accuse me of throwing this bit in as a ... wait for
it ... red herring.)
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