* Michael Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [May 30. 2002 11:05]: First off, I work with ~70 RedHat installed servers.
> What it actually says is a good bit more than that and taking any individual > part of it out of context does not really support your argument. Indeed that > paragraph does state that the terms of the applicable EULA agreement will > apply, if it is GPL it is still GPL. If you wish to deal with the "spirit" > of the agreement then my interpretation of the RH page would be that they > are seeking to protect their copyrighted trademarks and logos (the shadow > man, the red hat etc..) the software licenses are all fairly open. Do you > interpret this differently and think there is a more sinister meaning? I do indeed, going back to it, it quite clearly states, that subject to their "trademark restrictions", the software is licensed under the GPL. http://slashdot.org/articles/00/01/19/0828245.shtml Linus has the Linux trademark, and places slight restrictions on the use of it, he certainly doesn't attempt to link the trademark with the use of the GPLed Kernel, and the Kernel is an accurate parallel of the RedHat distribution, as both are compilations of files, some with different licenses, yes, the Kernel has some non-GPLed code in it. <snip different dictionary.com definition and hackers guide definition> In a generous scenario, it's an extremely unfortunate choice of words, especially, if the hacker's guide definition is used. > > Perhaps its simply that lawyers don't write good code and coders don't write > good laws? (and I do not mean to imply that all coders write good code or > lawyers good laws). > I'm not sure what this bit is intended to illustrate, are you suggesting that Alan Cox (or somesuch luminary) drafted the License? ftp://ftp.mirror.ac.uk/sites/ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-6.2-en/os/i386/COPYING/ Is obviously the License for RedHat 6.2, note the difference... Kevin -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
