hi, IMHO, There does seem to be some logic to what Redhat says... They do not want anyone to use their Logo in a product/offering they DO NOT endorse or support. Thats quite fine. They are not saying MS'ish that no one can use programs x/y/z or giving a copy of the EULA... PCQ has gobe ahead and modified the Redhat distro to "indigenize" it. Theres no reason why the redhat logo should be among that...
But it does hurt when a linux vendor goes about washing dirty linen in public :-( We would expect that the open-source folks at least stay above such squabbles...(There are worser ones. check out the mozilla/firebird(or thunderbird? i cant recall) issue)... The bazaar is supposed to be above the bazaar! Srinivas ----- 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 > -- > ______________________________________________ > http://www.linuxmail.org/ > Now with e-mail forwarding for only US$5.95/yr > > Powered by Outblaze > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karuturi Networks Ltd Phone : 0091-80-2351181/2/3 Bangalore, India Fax : 0091-80-2259782 http://www.e-karnet.net E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (For Network Support, Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mail scanned at SMTP for most known viruses and disallowed MIME types. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: ObjectStore. If flattening out C++ or Java code to make your application fit in a relational database is painful, don't do it! Check out ObjectStore. Now part of Progress Software. http://www.objectstore.net/sourceforge _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
