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On Wed, 17 May 2000, Jerry Feldman wrote:

> That is correct. A few years ago some sleazy Boston attorney registered 
> Linux as a trademark and sent letters to some of the businesses that 
> write code or produice distributions. Linux International (eg. Maddog Hall) 
> led the fight to regain the Linux trademark. I didn't keep up with the legal 
> battle, but from a legal standpoint, they probably were able to establish 
> Linus as the most legitimate owner of the name. 
>

I think you're missing the mirth! ;)
                                      \ | /   
                                       \|/
                                        v
"Linux is a registered trademark of Linux Torvalds".
                                        ^
                                       /|\
                                      / | \

Cute. ;)

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