� dear friends, this discussion, i think is quit important because such issues suggest diversion from the theme of open source concept. this has made me realize that i should be aware of licencing terms.. thank you
niyaz On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 Sandip Bhattacharya wrote : >Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > >>I don't understand, how does RH then term Fedora as a community driven >>distribution when it can't be given to the community. > >I dont think Red Hat refused to allow the redistribution. They merely didnt answer >back some of ILUGD's queries for the same, within the time frame that ILUGD had. It >will be wrong and misleading for anybody to say that Fedora CDs cant be redistributed. > >*Red Hat Linux* had the condition that redistribution of RHL CDs should not use the >Red Hat trademark. > >Fedora Core, however, has the following guidelines: > >http://fedora.redhat.com/about/trademarks/guidelines/page4.html >=========================================================================== >Any party wishing to use the Fedora� mark may do so as long as they meet two >conditions: > >1. They must only use the Fedora� mark in association with the original Fedora� code >found on the Fedora Project website (see http://fedora.redhat.com/) without >modification; and > >2. If they charge a fee for the CD-ROM or other media on which they deliver the >Fedora� code, they warranty the media on which the Fedora� code is delivered, thus >ensuring that the recipient receives a usable copy. >=========================================================================== > >Since we are only providing copies of the original ISO, (1) is ok. > >However, (2) might be a problem for some. Even though it does make sense from product >image point of view. > >What if you provide a CD of Debian to a newbie, and the CD came out to be defective? >It does reflect upon Debian and its community (for the newbie). Red Hat is just being >extra protective about their Fedora trademark in this regard. > >There is no restriction otherwise on redistribution of Fedora CDs made from original >ISOs. > >- Sandip > >-- Sandip Bhattacharya * Puroga Technologies * [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Work: http://www.puroga.com * Home: http://www.sandipb.net > >PGP/GPG Signature: 51A4 6C57 4BC6 8C82 6A65 AE78 B1A1 2280 A129 0FF3 > > >_______________________________________________ >ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd >Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
