From: Piotr Mitros <pmitros@MIT.EDU>
Subject: LSA trademark issue
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 13:38:33 EDT

I'd like to ask you to release your claims to the trademark 'Standard Linux.' 
An altavista web search revealed close to half a million references to the 
term 'standard Linux.' A fair number predated 1995, and many referred to it in 
exactly the same context as your trademark does (proposals for standardizing 
Linux distributions). Most referred to it in a context that would be 
considered a violation of your tradmark. This clearly constitutes prior 
common usage. It has also been used on the LSB (Linux Standard Base) and, 
presumably, the LCS (Linux Compatibility Standard) discussion lists. If I dig
hard, I can also probably find some references to it on early Debian mailing
lists.

I would suggest switching to a name to the effect of 'LSA Linux Standard' or 
'LSA Standard Linux.' I would prefer not to have to go to court over this 
issue. 

Piotr