Re: RH and GNOME
On Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 04:34:37AM -0500, Kysh Dragon wrote:
> > > Copyright, afaik.. And it could be "RedHat Linux" instead of just "Linux".
> > > But since the distribution is already "RedHat Linux", nobody would notice.
> > > This is merely conjecture. As I said in a later posting, I don't predict
> > > RedHat doing something like that yet. But I think it's a good reference to
> > > think at.
> >
> > The license does allow you to create derived works, but does it mention
> > trademarks at all?
>
> I wasn't aware that anyone owned any trademarks for Linux.
Some chap illegal registered the trademark. It was contested
and the trademark was eventually transferred to Linus Torvalds.
> > As to this being merely conjecture -- I agree, so can we drop it?
> It didn't start out that way.. I made an innocent post and then was up to
> my neck in pro-rh flames, when I wasn't even trying to bash them.
I didn't intend to blame you, or anything to that effect. Apologies
if that was how it appeared.
Hamish
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