“Apparently, 90 Australian companies have recently received some
unpleasant correspondence. To be more specific, some letters that
kindly underline the fact that they should pay a $5.000
[US$3750/€3090] license fee for using Linux software.“The issue generated a mediatic hysteria of assumptions and
interpretations because Linux has officially kept the silence over
the matter…”
” The trade press is at it again. Australian companies are not
being charged $5,000 dollars for running Linux, as The Inquirer and
others are currently misreporting. There is no fee for running
Linux in your business. There is a charge, however, for using the
Linux trademark in your business name…”
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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