While I have my own reservations regarding the Red Hat policy, let me offer you the following simple guideline: what is right = what is legal.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Maor Meir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 1:30 PM > To: Orna Agmon > Cc: RAVIA; 'Shachar Shemesh'; 'Haifux' > Subject: RE: [Haifux] CD logos > > > > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Orna Agmon wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Haim Ravia wrote: > > > > > Read the Red Hat FAQs. > > > > > > > /me is reading the FAQ. > > > > There is nothing unclear about this: The updates CD is not the > > problem: it is the three RH cds. We, in this case hamakor, which is > > the legal body, is selling CDs, and getting money. It does > not matter > > that we get little money for it. We are re-distributing RH, > with their > > trademark, which is what is important here. The code is here to > > redistribute. But they do not let us re-distribute the RED > HAT ITSELF. > > > > So we can: > > > > 1. replace the red hats (e.g. pink tie linux, or ourselves) In this > > case, the updates CD will be fine as it is. > > OK, how? > we have 300 Redhat CDs, they have the redhat name on logo > both on the outside and in the software on them. Throwing > them out seems like a bad idea. > > What did Actcom do with Mandrake? they burned there own > Mandrake CDs didn't they? and last year with the redhat CDs? > did we break the law then as well? we sold Redhat CDs with > the redhat name printed on them and on the software inside. > > I am trying to think more of what is right then what is > legal(mainly because I know very little about legal), It is > wrong to take credit for other peoples work, and it is wrong > to claim something is someone elses work when it isn't. I > think if we make it clear what we did, we should be in the > right. However if someone has a practical plan for being > legal as well I am listening. > > Meir. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Haifa Linux Club Mailing List (http://www.haifux.org) To unsub send an empty message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
