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Re: [LAP] LAP distro

Frederick Noronha
Wed, 16 Oct 2002 20:08:57 -0700

Perhaps there was a time when Red Hat wanted to get a toe-hold in the
Indian market. If firms start behaving in a monopolistic manner, perhaps
other alternatives should be sought. FN

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Ankit Jain wrote:


> Hi,
> 
> Just curious, pcq was distributing rhl with the magazine and the cd had 
> "post-install" scripts to enhance the installed system. Is that fine with 
> Redhat? Also, what about PCQ Linux 7.1? Did they remove all references to 
> redhat? 
> 
> -Anks
> 
> > Red Hat's out.  Here's the response I got to a mail to RH:
> > 
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: Raju Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: Customised RH Linux distribution
> > Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 09:49:51 -0400
> > 
> > The points you identify are correct.  You will need to remove all
> > references to Red Hat from the marketing, packaging, and the software.
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> > No way we can build a distribution after changing all the packages,
> > kernel, finding out every reference to RH in the code, etc.
> > 
> > Debian anyone?
> > 
> > -- Raju
> > 
>