Re: Linux trademark garbage

[David Schleef]

On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 06:10:38PM -0500, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > 
> > Why. Last time I checked RTLinux was written by one V Yodaiken, I wouldnt
> > be suprised if he happened to be V J Yodaiken ... 

Indeed.

> 
> Okay. Thanks for sheding some light here. :)
> 
> I'm still not sure that trademarking RTLinux is good, as the use of
> such a generic name would make forking difficult. 
> 
> I.e. If it were cold YodaLinux-Real-Time(tm) and I didn't like the
> development direction, I could make a fork called FooBarLinux-Real-Time
> and all would be good.
> 

Actually, there are several real-time extensions hanging about, so
I don't think difficulty in forking is an issue.  RTLinux just has
the most attention.

dave...