Hi Robert,
> does this protection of the name extend to anyone who wants to,
> say, write a book on red hat administration, or a course?
Na. They just don't want you to sell copies of their CD's as being Red Hat Linux.
> frankly, i don't see how red hat can prevent someone like
> cheapbytes from selling a distribution of linux entitled
> "an unsupported but exact copy of red hat 7.2". they wouldn't
> be claiming it's red hat 7.2, just something bit-for-bit
> identical to it on the physical CD.
That sounds logical, it's merely stating a fact. But I am not a lawyer and I
don't think there is any jurisprudence regarding similar cases ((mentioning of
a) trademark / GPL content). Also I can understand people/companies trying to
avoid being sued, even hough they might be right.
Bye,
Leonard.
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