Re: Is there a Linux trademark issue with sun?

From: Kevin A. Burton (burton@relativity.yi.org)
Date: Thu Dec 14 2000 - 23:44:59 EST


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Rob Landley <telomerase@yahoo.com> writes:

> Heads up everybody. Scott McNealy has apparently been
> calling Solaris Sun's implementation of Linux.
> Trademark violation time.
<snip>

Yeah... isn't he a moron :)

> Assuming the quote is accurate (which, being ZD, is
> iffy), this strikes me as a mondo trademark violation,
> and exactly the sort of thing the Linux trademark was
> designed to prevent. Solaris is NOT Linux.
<snip>

I am not sure it is a big deal. If you read the comment it was more of an
off-the-cuff remark.

I doubt anyone would testify in court that McNealy said this. The only way it
is something to worry about is if they used it in a printed format (IANAL)

Kevin

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