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On 9/2/99, 7:39:40 AM, John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
regarding Re: [newbie] How about this ? Red Hat GPL No Longer Available:
> On Thu, 02 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > The way I see it is Mandrake will be unable to say that it uses the
Red Hat
> > distribution, so the prestige of being based on Red Hat will be lost,
even
> > though it's still called Linux-Mandrake. It won't necessarily affect
us, it
> > will affect prospective Mandrake buyers when the name Red Hat is
> > mysteriously dropped.
> >
> Hmm....I'm not a lawyer, but I *think* you might be able to
> get away with saying that it is "COMPATIBLE" with RedHat
> Linux, or something to that effect.... :-)
> Hey, I know...say that it's based on "Scarlet Chapeau
> Linux" ;-) (tongue FIRMLY in cheek!)
> John
hehehe
I would think the compatible line would be ok - look at how many PC's
are IBM compatible . . . .
Ty
