I think this may be an opportunity of Mandrake Soft to make its own name.
Call it Mandrake-Linux. Tell people its based on the most well known and
largest selling Linux Distribution. Mandrake has been growing steadily away
from Red Hat anyway. A lot of people who are angry with the business
practices of Red Hat are going to look at Mandrake. Also the Mandrake name
is becoming well known since it is being sold in Retail Stores now.
Jeanette
----- Original Message -----
From: Ken Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] How about this ? Red Hat GPL No Longer Available
> If I am not mistaken, the GPL requires distributors to make their SOFTWARE
> available free of charge, not their NAME. NAME is what gives value to a
> software product. It just looks like you as a reseller are going to have
to
> quit riding on their coattails and earn a little respect for your own
name.
> Frankly, I'm surprised to took this long for the major distros to come to
this
> decision.
>
> On Thu, 02 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> > Subject: Red Hat GPL No Longer Available
> > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 15:21:27 -0400
> > From: "Robb Sands" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >
> > HELP!!
> >
> > I just got off the phone with Amazon.com and Red Hat.com Legal
departments
> > and guess what the hot-breaking-heart-breaking news is?
> >
> > You can no longer refer to Red Hat Linux GPL distribution using the
words
> > Red Hat. Now it has to be called "I wanna be Microsoft" or "anonymous
linux
> > 6.0" or something similar, since the Red Hat name can no longer appear
on
> > ANY GPL PRODUCTS or ads. That's right, the GPL distribution of Red Hat
> > Linux can no longer be called Red Hat Linux, it now MUST have a new
name.
> > No more Red Hat GPL CD's, advertisements, support groups, netnews,
> > nothing...
> >
> > I know this sounds incredibly unbelievable, but the Red Hat GPL
distribution
> > can no longer be advertised or labelled Red Hat, only the official boxed
> > set. As a linux seller on Amazon.com, I (along with 100 other people)
sell
> > a GPL version of the distribution formerly known as Red Hat Linux GPL.
We
> > now will be required to say we are selling 'blah' Linux 6.0 and will
have to
> > remove any labelling on products referring to the GPL Linux
Distribution.
> >
> > How will people know they are getting Red Hat Linux GPL if it can't
carry
> > the name? You guess, because I haven't a clue...
> >
> > Of course the legal counsel rep, and only person in the entire Red Hat
> > organization who can respond, David Shumannfang, is currently on
vacation
> > and won't be available for a week (9-7-99). Basically we are all
screwed
> > and no one at Red Hat knows anything until his return, just lovely.
> >
> > This email is a plea for you to email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and voice your
> > displeasure over Red Hat's new copyright policy requiring their GPL
> > distribution to be called something other than Red Hat Linux GPL.
> >
> > I know this is off topic, so flame away, but it is an issue that AFFECTS
ALL
> > RED HAT LINUX USERS and POTENTIAL USERS.
> >
> > Robb Sands
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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