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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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The Linux Foundation has become a patent troll (bladerunner.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It seems that the Linux Foundation has decided that both "systemd" and "segmentation fault" (lol?) are trademarked by them.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They aren’t satinf they have a trademark on the phrase ‘ segmentation fault’. They are saying the artwork called ‘segmentation fault’ contains a trademarked image/logo/whatever

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is this segmentation fault logo or image? I’m not familiar with anything like that and searching for it hasn’t helped.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

we don't know, the post does not elaborate