ZDNet Australia: Torvalds in Renewed Aust Linux Trademark Push

“A lawyer acting on behalf of Linus Torvalds has 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.

“The 28 July letter from Perth lawyer Jeremy Malcolm–posted
online–asks vendors to either confirm they had already purchased a
licence from the Linux Mark Institute (LMI) to use the term or sign
a statutory declaration waiving any claim to exclusive rights to
its use…”

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