Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Sep 1998 15:59:32 -0700 (PDT) | From | Tim Smith <> | Subject | Re: Linux, UDI and SCO. |
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On Sat, 19 Sep 1998, David Feuer wrote: > disallow commercial drivers. 2nd case: change the module code to only > load drivers containing the right string in the right place. That > string would of course be a protected certification mark. These are
That probably won't work. The courts in the U.S. tend to reject the use of one kind of intellectual property right to gain the kind of control afforded by another. Trying to use a certification mark to gain patent-like control over modules would be such an attempt.
--Tim Smith
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