On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:50:52 GMT, 7 <website_has_email@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> ____/ Bob Tennent on Wednesday 09 January 2008 13:17 : \____
>>
>>> On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:06:57 GMT, 7 wrote:
>>> > Just a thought.
>>> > There ought to be a generic name for encumbered Linuxes
>>> > like Novel's linux, linspire, turbolinux, xandross and anyone
>>> > else thinking of doing what those guys have done by selling out to
>>> > patent troll inclined companies.
>>
>> That is a brilliant idea. It would make a consistent terminology.
>>
>>> > What about
>>> >
>>> > Cucumber Linux
>>> > Cucumbered Linux (just two letters changed from encumbered Linux)
>>> > Cucumbered Linux :-)
>>>
>>> How about Tainted Linux?
>>
>> I tried this before, but people take offence in that. When words
>> like 'infected' or 'tainted' are used, I've faced comparisons to Nazi
>> propaganda from a pro-Novell zealot (others attacked him for suggesting
>> this).
>What about
> Pirate Linux
> Pirated Linux
> Purloined Linux
I think more along the lines of it being crippled or bastardized.
How about mickylinux in deference to mickysoft?
Or would disney inc. get upset over a trademark infigement?
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