(replying to the list)
Rakesh 'arky' Ambati said on Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 11:39:49AM +0530,:
Dear Pai,
Please explain more clearly, even when I read the link I didn't get the idea.
and quoting from what I already quoted:-
``...review, an engineering report, or even printing literature that merely refers to LINUX as the operating system,'' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Got it??
If you refer to Linux as _the_ operating system, you do not need a (sub)license from linuxmark.org.
So, the chap who writes a book called ``Debian GNU/Linux for ....'' requires a license to use the term ``Linux'', and the g[uy|al] writing ``FooBar Linux for lUsers'' does not.
To be fair, this move by Linus seems to be a safeguard against corporate entities (the which need education about what `free' means, that is) (mis)appropriating the term, though.
On a more serious note, this (and the developments at Mozilla*) mark beginning of the new problem in Free Software world - trademarks.
(*) see http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/policy.html