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Linus trademarks Linux
Jon 'Maddog' Hall, the executive director of Linux International in the US, said that a community organisation called Linux Australia had been nominated to handle the trademark issue and had sent out the letters.
In the US, the Linux Mark Institute (LMI) will handle trademark issues in the US and nominate local bodies to look after trademark things in other countries.
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The linked story is WRONG. There is a significant amount of confusion on the internet about what it means to "trademark" something. In this particular case, some companies in Australian have been notified that because they are using the word "Linux" in their software related company or product name, they may be asked sometime in the future to pay a fee. This is specifically for the purposes of maintaining the Linux trademark. No Linux end users, corporate or otherwise, are being asked to pay anything, nor will they ever be. For anyone who wants actual facts, rather than the misleading tripe posted on the inquirer, go here:[url]http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200508160
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