please read it. it seems to be very importent. jaybrata
----- Original Message ----- From: "vivek achary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [LIH][OT] Red Hat licensing issue [was: What happened to IndiaInfotech.org ?] > > Hello, > > > > Does anyone know what happened to IndiaInfotech.org? > > Could not open their site. Also the emails I sent to them > > are returning back to me. > > > > Regards, > > Santanu > > > > hi > > red hat sent a legal notice to the guys at indiainfotech, linuxplaza and other redistributors of Linux CDs apparently due to a copyright > violation. its really sad that guys who were doing a service to the community got accused of "piracy" - never thought i would hear that word > in free software circles...in fact the red hat guys apparently expressed surprise that the other distros had not yet voiced a similar > complaint!!! > > the relevant section of the "Red Hat License" from <http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhl_9_per_us.html?country=United+States&;> > > -----------8<----------------------------------------------------- > THE "RED HAT" TRADEMARK, THE "BLUECURVE" TRADEMARK AND RED HAT'S SHADOW MAN LOGO ARE REGISTERED > TRADEMARKS OF RED HAT, INC. IN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES. WHILE THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT ALLOWS > YOU TO COPY, MODIFY AND DISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE, IT DOES NOT PERMIT YOU TO DISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE UTILIZING > RED HAT'S TRADEMARKS. YOU SHOULD READ THE INFORMATION FOUND AT https://www.redhat.com/about/corporate/trademark/ > BEFORE DISTRIBUTING A COPY OF THE SOFTWARE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT HAS BEEN MODIFIED. IN ADDITION, IF YOU > MAKE A COMMERCIAL REDISTRIBUTION OF THE SOFTWARE AND (A) YOU DO NOT FALL WITHIN AN EXCEPTION PROVIDED IN > RED HAT'S TRADEMARK GUIDELINES, (B) YOU HAVE NOT ENTERED INTO A REDISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH RED HAT, OR > (C) YOU DO NOT HAVE A TRADEMARK LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH RED HAT, THEN YOU MUST MODIFY THE FILES IDENTIFIED > AS REDHAT-LOGOS AND ANACONDA-IMAGES SO AS TO REMOVE ALL USE OF IMAGES CONTAINING THE "RED HAT" > TRADEMARK OR RED HAT'S SHADOW MAN LOGO. NOTE THAT MERE DELETION OF THOSE FILES MAY CORRUPT THE > SOFTWARE. > -----------8<----------------------------------------------------- > > i'm not sure what "...YOU MUST MODIFY THE FILES..." and "MERE DELETION OF THOSE FILES MAY CORRUPT THE SOFTWARE." is > supposed to mean. > > regards > > vivek > -- -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
