linuxaudio.org

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On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 11:33:33AM +0100, Daniel James wrote:

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> Hello all,

>

> The Linux Mark Institute, now part of OSDL it seems, is attempting to

> charge organisations which use Linux in their name - even non-profits

> like linuxaudio.org:

>

> http://www.linuxmark.org/forms/linux_licence_doc.html#Check1

>

> I think we should resist this move on principle.

I agree we should definitely resist.
other non-profit (dis)organizations like dyne.org could even suffer

major problems, not even on principle, since there is no funding

whatsoever. this is about freedom to code: if you do something based on

GNU/Linux as the majority of free software is today, then of course you

should mention the technology it is based on, then you are forced by

linuxmark to pay them - then there is no more free software.
i think we should state our thoughts, Cc: them to Linus and eventually

get prepared to run a campaign about it - hopefully the step of shouting

loud won't be needed.
we still need to figure out what is going to happen in EU with SW

patents, and now - even being non-profit - we get already harrassed by

some US based trademark on Linux ...  i smell quite some work for

activists and lawyers here.
ciao
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 jaromil,  dyne.org rasta coder,  http://rastasoft.org
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