Hi Every Body, Could you dare to challenge if redhat puts its logo and art work at your property and products and claim trademark ownership rights ? in the similar way would you object redhat which has put its logo and art work in RHEL Linux distribution and claimed the trade mark product ownership in RHEL when redhat is not the owner of RHEL. and GPL is the owner ..Could you dare to challenge the redhat.Redhat inc is under attack from open source community .
I know Linux and GPL is bigger than redhat. But it's unfortunate that redhat is blatantly violating GPL by not permitting any body or every body to redistribute the RHEL ! GPL permits any body and every body to put thier Logos and art work inside the GPL as credit for thier contribution , But does not give or transfer ownership of GPL, to enforce thier trademarks . Linux gives power to any body or every body to resell or redistribute and make earning by giving support and consulting services.It is open for customer to select any vendor for this purpose and pay any amount for services depending on the brand of any comany . .Where as GPL permits any body and every body to use copy modify redistribute (Any body can be distributer and re-distributer) the any linux disribution and as redhat is not owner of GPL ,therfore it connot restrict any body or every body to redisribute RHEL a Linux disribution.Redhat cannot enfoce its trademarks rights in RHEL as redhat is not the real owner of the GNU Linux .IT is only a contributer to the linux and not the owner of the linux.More specific RHEL is an Linux Distribution as it is known and redhat is only distributor. And Linux distributor cannot be owner of Linux. Is it illegal to redistribute RHEL? .That’s a question that’s often asked by many, but generally fails to receive a confident reply and Linux community is much confused on this issue . It was reportedly popped up during a discussion at the Delhi-LUG too. What followed were very interesting opinions from active members of the group. As you might have read through, the article published in Linux For You September issue 2008 entitled Is it illegal to redistribute RHEL? you will become aware of various issues and doubts around this question. Unfortunately, the discussion did not end with a conclusive reply from Redhat .LFY daringly questioned redhat India spoke person and its replies left the open community without the correct answer .Linux for you need to conduct further debate and let the open community debate this issue openly and find a open solution in open manner without any damage to redhat as we consider redhat as open source leader worldwide and even redhat should learn to respect the GPL Whole heartily and stop the nonsense of showing disrespect to GPL from which it get power to make RHEL distribution same GPL need to be put in RHEL. Trade mark law does not permit any body to invade or infringe in others property and GPL is not the property of Redhat any way. Redhat cannot and will not be able to enforce its trademarks in RHEL as Linux is GPL and not the property of Redhat. it can put Logo and artwork in its own property and enforce it , for that nobody is objecting .Redhat should stop mixing trademarks policy with GPL and GNU Linux.Here's is way to defend GPL . You can find out more by reading this posted article: Open Letter To Linux For You India published at www.ccwuonline.com titled '' Is it illegal to redistribute RHEL? http://ccwuonline.com/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=11 Thanking you in anticipation ,with regards. M.S.Yatnatti CEO KPN Unlimited Bangalore KPN UNLIMITED Corporate Office:No.18/6, Executive chambers, Cunningham Road, Bangalore – 560052. WEBSITE WWW.KPNUNLIMITED.ORG _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
