Companies in Australia selling products using the Linux name have had letters sent to them requesting that a license fee be paid. No, it isn't a hoax, and Linus Torvalds is onboard with this. The Inquirer (which sourced its information from another site that sadly, requires you to register, albeit without charge) reports:So a company could use Linux software but use another name like... oh I don't know, SCO, to avoid the licensing fee? Sounds good to me.According to Hall, the move is not to get a slice of any one’s action, nor was not about trying limit the use of the name Linux, but only to protect the quality of products that go out under that brand.
When asked whether or not they were being hypocritical about software patents while at the same time bringing in trademarks, Hall said that there was nothing to stop a company using Linux software without using the Linux name. If Linux patented Linux that would certainly happen.


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