| From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Linux trademark and PostgreSQL |
| Date: | 2005-08-19 19:18:51 |
| Message-ID: | 4306309B.7090104@commandprompt.com |
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Many of you might have read this Slashdot item about Linux Mark
> Institute charging for the use of the Linux trademark by companies:
>
> http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/08/19/1154231&tid=167&tid=106
>
> How do we guarantee to companies promoting PostgreSQL that this will not
> happen to them?
That is a good question. The short answer is that the PostgreSQL
Trademark is pretty unenforceable. The long answer is we transfer it to
a non-profit entity that is in charge of that kind of thing for PostgreSQL.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
>
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