> Does anyone know if what they are doing is legal or not ? I don't know the exact licensing agreement for SuSE Linux, but Redhat has something like this:
All their work (or almost all) is GPLed. That means you get the four freedoms on the code. BUT the trademarks and logos are not freely distributable. The extract from RHL 9's EULA sums it up - "THE "RED HAT" TRADEMARK, THE "BLUECURVE" TRADEMARK AND RED HAT'S SHADOW MAN LOGO ARE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF RED HAT, INC. IN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES. WHILE THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT ALLOWS YOU TO COPY, MODIFY AND DISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE, IT DOES NOT PERMIT YOU TO DISTRIBUTE THE SOFTWARE UTILIZING RED HAT'S TRADEMARKS." So, you may copy the entire CD and redistribute it but you can't call it a Redhat product. You have to remove all Redhat logos and trademarks before redistribtuion. This effectively nullifies any brand equity that you might get from redistributing a 'Redhat product' per se. I hope I've made this subtle point clear. Nandz. -- http://nandz.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
