From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262038AbUB2MQV (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Feb 2004 07:16:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262039AbUB2MQV (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Feb 2004 07:16:21 -0500 Received: from maximus.kcore.de ([213.133.102.235]:13581 "EHLO maximus.kcore.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262038AbUB2MQS (ORCPT ); Sun, 29 Feb 2004 07:16:18 -0500 From: Oliver Feiler To: Guennadi Liakhovetski , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Linus Torvalds Subject: Re: [OT] Copyright infringement by Walmart? Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 13:15:32 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 References: In-Reply-To: X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: E9DD 32F1 FA8A 0945 6A74 07DE 3A98 9F65 561D 4FD2 X-PGP-Key: http://kiza.kcore.de/pgpkey X-Species: Snow Leopard X-Operating-System: Linux MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Boundary-02=_rfdQA/88R61Ey5I"; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200402291315.39967.kiza@gmx.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --Boundary-02=_rfdQA/88R61Ey5I Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: signed data Content-Disposition: inline Hello Guennadi, On Sunday 29 February 2004 12:13, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > Don't know, if I am the first, perhaps not. But I couldn't resist. Just > found in today's junk-mail pack an advertisement by Walmart-Germany of > "Linux Vollwaschmittel" - a washing powder:-)) The question in the subject > is because I am not, really, sure - maybe they did license it > appropriately?:-) Anyway, now you know it, I am holding this paper in my > hands, and I am going to keep it this time:-) As you know, Walmart is an > American supermarket, if it matters. And should I say - I was amazed and > amused!:-)) Linux washing powder has been around for some time if I remember correctly,= =20 never used it though. ;) Afaik, the name is ok, because the trademark Linux does not apply here. At= =20 least in Germany it is registered in the category "computer'n'stuff"=20 (someting like that afaik) so selling Linux washing powder should be=20 perfectly fine, no roalties having to to be paid. But then IANAL and at lea= st=20 I thought this was how it works. Feel free to correct me if I was wrong as= =20 I'd be interested in it myself. Bye, Oliver =2D-=20 Oliver Feiler --Boundary-02=_rfdQA/88R61Ey5I Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAQdfrOpifZVYdT9IRAkT3AJ4uvZD8ihQBEQN9tne3zJRT1/PqsQCdGA8E Yd7+UyE9YB4g/WPn1VwRnM0= =1NYa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Boundary-02=_rfdQA/88R61Ey5I--