Does Tux500 violate the Linux trademark?
Submitted by srlinuxx on Mon, 05/14/2007 - 03:55.
One difference between corporate sponsorship and a... uh... crew of private individuals is that corporations have the forethought to establish that they have the legal blessings of the brand they intend to market before marketing it.
In the case of Tux500, we have a bunch of private individuals (two bloggers, a marketing firm, and all their minions) claiming to speak for the entire Linux community, and bossing us all around as if they - and they alone - owned Linux and none of us have the right to say different. They also want to do so with money collected from the Linux community (that's you and me, kiddo) - anywhere from $25,000 to $600,000.
In this Slashdot posting as of 1/19/00, Linus Torvalds stated the reasons for registering the trademark of Linux, and the need to protect the good name of Linux. I quote part of this:
The low down of fund raising ?
Fund raising is not for the amateur.
90% of the funds raised goes to the salaried personnel.(United fund(
So, there you go?
If you feed him, he'll never leave.
'Nuff said. I think this is disservice to folks who try to /help/ Linux.
re: disservice
'Nuff said. I think this is disservice to folks who try to /help/ Linux.
Which do you mean? The Tux500 thing or Penguin Pete's commentaries?
I do not believe Penguin
I do not believe Penguin Pete is helping. Tux500, however it ends up, earned Linux exposure in the press. In that repsect, it's a winner. And discussions in LXer make it very clear that it's trustworthy.