Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 19th Aug 2005 18:44 UTC
More than 90 Australian companies have been asked to pay a licence fee for Linux software in a move apparently backed by 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, Linus Torvalds is dead serious.
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2005-08-07
This is a good thing IMHO. We need people to feel that when they spend downloading time and money on an OS they really get quality goods. Sooner or later the "Linux" brand have to actually stand for some garuantee. As it is now, only the people in the know-how-and-what knows that when a distibution has "Linux" in the name - it has Linux as the kernel.