Hi,

Greg KH wrote:
> So, let me ask this a different way, for "respins" like Fedora and
> openSUSE are doing, how should they refer to them.  "Based on the MeeGo
> UX components"?  "Happens to look like the MeeGo screenshots, but we
> can't say the word 'MeeGo' because their lawyers are a bunch of raving
> hyenas"?  Something else?

It seems like the path of least resistance for all involved is simply to
package the software without giving top-line (as in, project name)
credit to MeeGo as the upstream. "OpenSuse Netbook", "Fedora Netbook",
"Debian Netbook", etc. The MeeGo project will of course be correctly
credited with copyright notices in the source code for those who
download that.

If the MeeGo project doesn't *want* credit from remixes, then why give
it? Do you think there's a particular brand value in having a remix
associated with MeeGo?

This feels a little like a reverse "GNU/Linux" debate at this stage :)
"GNU/Linux/X/freedesktop.org/GNOME/Qt/MeeGo based OpenSuse Netbook
Edition" might be a mouthful for people, though...

Iceweasel may also provide historical context...

Cheers,
Dave.

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