[ILUG] ilug.ie anyone

[Paul McCourt]

Heres one.

What happens if a 'rival' or as the Northern Irish and Skynews press like to
call it 'splinter' user group starts up, surely they have as much right to
the domain as yourselves!!

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Airlie [mailto:David.Airlie at ul.ie]
Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2000 9:25 PM
To: David O'Callaghan
Cc: ilug at linux.ie
Subject: Re: [ILUG] ilug.ie anyone


> And how did we/they manage to get linux.ie in the first place?
> Doesn't that count as a "generic name"?

It's a trademarked name, so we asked the trademark holder (Linus) for
permission to use it, and once gotten we were allowed register it ...

Dave.

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