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ZDNet Australia: Torvalds in Renewed Aust Linux Trademark Push

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“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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