Re: Linux trademark and PostgreSQL

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
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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