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ZDNet Australia: Suspicions Fade Over Linux Trademark Move

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 4, 2005

“Linux Australia (LA) has moved to reassure the community that
letters sent out by a lawyer acting on behalf of Linus Torvalds are
part of a legitimate process to ensure the open source software’s
creator maintains control of the ‘Linux’ trademark.

“Perth-based lawyer Jeremy Malcolm has recently written to
Australian Linux vendors asking them to relinquish any legal claim
to the name Linux and purchase a licence for its use from the
worldwide trademark owner…”


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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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