On Mon, Dec 23, 2002 at 09:20:18AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > but, as i explained in an earlier posting, red hat *itself* refers > to the product as "red hat linux" when you download it from red > hat's own web site. So? We can do that. It's our trademark. Other people cannot. > what *am* i supposed to call it? if i go to red hat's web > site, click on that link, download the software and install > it, and someone comes up to me afterwards and asks me what > operating system i'm running, what am i legally allowed to > tell them? You, as an individual, talking about your system, can call it Red Hat Linux because that's what we called it when we gave it to you. If you were a consultant building systems for a client, you can't call it Red Hat Linux unless you're reselling official product. The difference here is the commercial endeavor. Cheers, Matt
