Quoting aitor_czr ([email protected]):

> Scientific Linux is a CentOS based distribution,

Indeed, which in turn is an RHEL rebuild, with the result that they are
both RHEL rebuilds.  I'm thus really not sure what your point is.

> But..., read here:
> 
> https://www.centos.org/legal/

Yes, and your point is?

I was very peripherally involved with the CentOS Project (_very_
indirectly) when a blow-up happened where the webmaster freaked out
about a letter received from Red Hat Legal, making aggessive noises
concerning trademark policy and demanding that CentOS Project take a
bunch of further steps.  The webmaster on that occasion changed all 
CentOS Web pages to remove all mention of Red Hat's distribution by 
name, substituting (IIRC) the phrase 'a North American enterprise Linux
distribution'.  

It's very common for trademark stakeholders to issue unjustifiably
aggressive threat letters for reasons Cory Doctorow explains in an
article I link from the top of my own trademark-law article as an
excellent overview:
http://www.openp2p.com/pub/a/p2p/2003/08/14/trademarks.html


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