Linus trademarks Linux

MORE THAN 90 Australian companies have been asked to pay a licence fee for Linux software in a move apparently backed by the software’s eminence grise, Linus Torvalds.

Letters demanding US$5000 for use of the Linux name were originally dismissed as a hoax. But according to the Sydney Morning Herald, the Open Sauce king is dead serious.

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. [...]

Δεν ξέρουμε αν είναι αλήθεια ή όχι (οι επόμενες ώρες θα είναι δραματικές lol) αλλά αν μπορούσαμε να σχολιάσουμε θα λέγαμε ότι η κίνηση του Linus φαίνεται λογική. Το ποσό δεν είναι μεγάλο για κάποια εταιρεία που σέβεται τον εαυτό της – ακόμα και startup. Εν αναμονή λοιπόν… :-|