Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Feb 2000 01:08:07 -0800 | From | David Schleef <> | Subject | Re: Linux trademark garbage |
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On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 06:10:38PM -0500, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > Why. Last time I checked RTLinux was written by one V Yodaiken, I wouldnt > > be suprised if he happened to be V J Yodaiken ...
Indeed.
> > Okay. Thanks for sheding some light here. :) > > I'm still not sure that trademarking RTLinux is good, as the use of > such a generic name would make forking difficult. > > I.e. If it were cold YodaLinux-Real-Time(tm) and I didn't like the > development direction, I could make a fork called FooBarLinux-Real-Time > and all would be good. >
Actually, there are several real-time extensions hanging about, so I don't think difficulty in forking is an issue. RTLinux just has the most attention.
dave...
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