Re: [SL-Users] Re: RedHat CentOS acquisition: stating the obvious

2014-01-16 Thread Brett Viren
Yasha Karant ykar...@csusb.edu writes: How exactly does a for-profit corporation buy an endeavor such as CentOS? By hiring the key, primary developers, I would imagine. Could RH buy SL from Fermilab/CERN? RH can try (and has succeeded once in the past) to hire SL developers away.

Re: [SL-Users] Re: RedHat CentOS acquisition: stating the obvious

2014-01-16 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
http://www.centos.org/legal/trademarks/ The CentOS Marks are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. I find it puzzling that official announcements say nothing about CentOS trademarks, copyrights, etc being transferred to Red Hat - as that web page seems to imply. FWIW, the centos.org domain and the

Re: [SL-Users] Re: RedHat CentOS acquisition: stating the obvious

2014-01-16 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Konstantin Olchanski olcha...@triumf.ca wrote: I find it puzzling that official announcements say nothing about CentOS trademarks, copyrights, etc being transferred to Red Hat - as that web page seems to imply. It is also mentioned in Red Hat's FAQ:

Re: [SL-Users] Re: RedHat CentOS acquisition: stating the obvious

2014-01-15 Thread John R. Dennison
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 03:27:18PM -0800, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: *Of course* Red Hat has acquired CentOS. SIngh et. al. are now full-time RedHat employees (proof left as exercise for the reader). The relationship could hardly be more clear. Red Hat does not own CentOS, either the product

Re: [SL-Users] Re: RedHat CentOS acquisition: stating the obvious

2014-01-15 Thread Patrick J. LoPresti
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3:34 PM, John R. Dennison j...@gerdesas.com wrote: Red Hat does not own CentOS, either the product nor the project. Red Hat does not own the various marks. Wrong. http://www.centos.org/legal/trademarks/ The CentOS Marks are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. - Pat

Re: [SL-Users] Re: RedHat CentOS acquisition: stating the obvious

2014-01-15 Thread Yasha Karant
On 01/15/2014 03:37 PM, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 3:34 PM, John R. Dennison j...@gerdesas.com wrote: Red Hat does not own CentOS, either the product nor the project. Red Hat does not own the various marks. Wrong. http://www.centos.org/legal/trademarks/ The CentOS