It all makes sense now. Red Hat made a nice and good Linux. That made
computer companies and programers trying to make their things work along
with Red Hat...How many times have we seen things like "Linux is not Red
Hat" on the net? Then they decided to start having stocks... More business
like movements. Its sad that a company that took a free idea is trying to
make money out of it. It seems that people that help to evolve something
that is free they try to make money out of it. Its not only Red Hat...its
individual people also. For example someone came out in Korea and said that
the word "Linux" was copy writed by him and he wanted money from everything
that came in Korea or was produced there having the word Linux in it. The
sad part of the story....he copy writed Linux after it came out...History
repeats itself it seems.
I wish everybody shared the same ideas I have. Contribute to something
without expecting money out of it. Do it for the fun of it. If I was
capable enough as a programmer I would try to make Linux improve.....make
Mandrake improve...but I am not...yet. I am not going to expect money.
Open Source and Free Software is the way to go. No crap like Microsoft
sucks...but I can't do anything about it to fix it. (Except install Linux
that is)
I hope that Mandrake doesn't follow Red Hat's steps. Not that I don't
want them to make money...I just want them to keep the same ideas they had
in day one.
I am sorry for my babbling but I had to add my opinion.
Nick
PS. Someone said it (sorry I don't remember your name) that Mandrake and
other companies can get away by saying that its Red Hat compatible. I am
pretty sure that they can do that.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of George Guzic
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 7:58 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] How about this ? Red Hat GPL No Longer Available
---------- 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
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