[KLUG Members] Red Hat trademark policy

Bruce Smith members@kalamazoolinux.org
18 Dec 2001 13:43:05 -0500


> This story runs on NewsForge real soon now...
> 
> [...]
> 
> NewsForge: What's Red Hat's position on members of LUGs trading
> CDs with downloaded Red Hat on them? Is it OK to call these Red
> Hat Linux 7.2, or something similar?
> 
> London answers: "Probably, but with a codicil that states that
> this is the free download, or not supported, etc."

What the hell kind of an answer is "Probably"?
That doesn't give me a warm fuzzy feeling!
I take it this "London" person is not a lawyer?

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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