Program Name Dispute Results in Order for SuSE to Cease Retail Distribution in Germany | Linux Today

Program Name Dispute Results in Order for SuSE to Cease Retail Distribution in Germany

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 8, 2002

Details aren’t clear, and SuSE is promising more information
soon, but Heise Online reports that the company has been ordered to
cease distribution by a German court over a program name found in
the SuSE distribution. The story doesn’t specify the program
name.

The suit was launched by an attorney acting on behalf of an as
yet unnamed client.

Complete
Story
(in German)


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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