On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Greg Meyer wrote:
> On Saturday 08 November 2003 01:41 pm, Aronsmith wrote:
> > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 09:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > http://www.HImandrake.com/cd_distribution.php
> >
> There was a big discussion in the Club forums about whether these guys are
> really partners of MandrakeSoft or whether they are just being sleazy and
> trying to make it look like they are. None of there agreements list
> Mandrakesoft as a actual signatory, although the descriptions represent that
> they are authorizing all of this.
>
> The discussion on the Club started because some guy that was selling the
> download edition on e-bay got his auctions yanked because himandrake
> represented themselves to ebay as the owner of the mandrake trademarks and
> copyrights. If this is a US based partner of MandrakeSoft that is enforcing
> an exclusive agreement, fine, but they could also be a sleazy outfit that is
> trying to profit off of Mandrake's good name.
>
> I am more inclined to think the latter because I don't see anywhere on the
> himandrake site where they state they are an official partner, and every
> place where they might say so, it refers only to himandrake or Heavy
> Industrial and there are no links to the MandrakeSoft or linux-mandrake
> websites.
>
It's my understanding that we are partnered with this company. You'll
probably get a more detailed response on Monday, but I thought I'd at
least pass that on so things don't spiral out of control over the weekend.
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Stew Benedict
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