"Linux fracas not the main game: RMS" By Sam Varghese August 25, 2005 - 3:05PM at http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/linux-fracas-not-the-main-game-rms/20...
<quote> The fuss over the Linux trademark has diverted attention from the real issue - the freedom to change and redistribute software, the founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation, Richard M. Stallman, says. .....
"In this particular case, though, the naming issue seems rather to distract attention from freedom, so I'd rather focus the attention back where it belongs," he said.
Stallman said he would not seek payment to allow people to use the GNU name. "Anyone who makes a GNU/Linux distribution ought to call it such, but most of them don't. We won't ask people to pay to give us credit for our work," he said. ... </quote>