Braydon Fuller @Braydon Fuller - 3d
The Linux trademark was necessary because someone uninvolved with the project registered it, not Linus or Linux International. Linus now has it because it, according to lawyers, the case to make it public domain was more complex and risky than to argue it should have been his based on prior art. It wasn't a generic term. nostr:nevent1qqsvqdz2385ghsy3dh87zn4xnqfanvscrd6s65ft7rgxxs658x2dvrspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43z7q3qr0ulywwu593kzjdu9uluxdq80t54n65kql9vl9z7lrutkgnachssxpqqqqqqz2xvkcu
This is decribed on p. 134 of 'Just for Fun' by Linus Torvalds.