A renewed bid to register the word "Linux" as an Australian trademark must meet an early April deadline or face defeat.
The United States-based body responsible for protecting the "Linux" name appears to be making a renewed push to register it as a trademark in Australia.
An attempt by the nation's peak Linux body to register the name 'Linux' on behalf of Linus Torvalds has failed.
A lawyer acting on behalf of Linus Torvalds has hailed as "favourable" the fact one in nine Australian vendors targeted by a letter campaign asking them to relinquish any legal claim to the 'Linux' name have agreed to do so.
Richard Stallman, chair of the Free Software Foundation, said on Thursday that the Linux trademark fracas in Australia has distracted attention away from the real issue -- that of freedom to distribute and change software.
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