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I don't quite think that's how it works with Linux. Linux was not trademarked. Some asshole grabbed the trademark, fraudulently. There was a litigation. It was
by woofie11 5y ago
I don't quite think that's how it works with Linux. Linux was not trademarked. Some asshole grabbed the trademark, fraudulently. There was a litigation. It was moved into stewardship so the same thing doesn't happen again.
https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2559 https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2559
The goal was never big $$$ for Linus, or running a business, but preventing further abuse.
- Maakuth 5y agoI think you're talking about how Linux ended up in the situation and I'm describing how it is currently :). So these things are not in contradiction. There is plenty of businesses making big bucks that sublicense the Linux trademark without an issue and it would not be a problem (trademark-wise) for the Linux Foundation or Linus himself to do that as well. I suppose the new Redis company would use it in a way that would require the licensees to differentiate somehow from the main Redis brand - not selling products just called Redis for example.