Editing Linux Mark Institute (section)

== History ==
LMI originally charged a nominal sublicensing fee for use of the Linux name as part of trademarks,<ref name="iw">{{cite news
  | author = Neil McAllister
  | title = Linus gets tough on Linux trademark
  | url = http://www.infoworld.com/article/2671387/operating-systems/linus-gets-tough-on-linux-trademark.html
  | work = [[InfoWorld]]
  | date = 2005-09-05
  | access-date = 2016-09-02
}}</ref> but later changed this in favor of offering a free, perpetual worldwide sublicense.<ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.linuxmark.org
 | title = Linux Mark Institute
 | access-date = 2008-02-24
 | quote = LMI has restructured its sublicensing program. Our new sublicense agreement is: Free — approved sublicense holders pay no fees; Perpetual — sublicense terminates only in breach of the agreement or when your organization ceases to use its mark; Worldwide — one sublicense covers your use of the mark anywhere in the world
}}</ref>

LMI was headquartered in [[Monterey, California|Monterey]], California until at least 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linuxmark.org/forms/linux_licence_doc.html |title=Linux Sublicense Agreement |website=www.linuxmark.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041009214636/http://www.linuxmark.org/forms/linux_licence_doc.html |archive-date=2004-10-09 |url-status=dead |access-date=2005-10-09 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lwn.net/Articles/140670/|title=Changes at the Linux Mark Institute|date=June 22, 2005|website=[[LWN.net]]|access-date=2017-03-31}}</ref> Since at least 2009 it was headquartered in [[Beaverton, Oregon|Beaverton]], Oregon.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/legal/trademark/sublicense-agreement |title=Sublicense Agreement {{!}} The Linux Mark Institute |website=www.linuxfoundation.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905082428/http://www.linuxfoundation.org/programs/legal/trademark/sublicense-agreement |archive-date=2009-09-05 |url-status=dead |access-date=2017-03-31 }}</ref>