Looky here! Someone's doing something inventive with Fedora! http://www.linux-respin.org Anybody know who's behind this effort? --g ------------------------------------------------------------- Greg DeKoenigsberg || Fedora Project || fedoraproject.org Be an Ambassador || http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors ------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:25:08 -0400 (EDT) From: Greg DeKoenigsberg <gdk@xxxxxxxxxx> To: famsco-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Famsco-list] Fedora Core 5 Re-Spin Plus! And looky looky at this URL: http://www.linux-respin.org/tmcomply.html They've read the trademark guidelines, and presuming that their "plus" is provided as a clearly labeled post-install, they are within the guidelines. A very interesting effort. I wonder who's behind it? Difficult to find any actual contact info on the site. :) --g ------------------------------------------------------------- Greg DeKoenigsberg || Fedora Project || fedoraproject.org Be an Ambassador || http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors ------------------------------------------------------------- On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote: > > The key question here is the "plus". > > What's the plus? Is it software in the Fedora universe? > > If it's not, they can't use the name. If it is, they can(1). It's as > simple as that. > > --g > > (1) OK, it *should* be as simple as that, and I think that since we've > given the Unity project the right to use the name on Fedora respins, it > should be fine. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Greg DeKoenigsberg || Fedora Project || fedoraproject.org > Be an Ambassador || http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Alex Maier wrote: > > > Besides from plagiarizing most of our homepage's copy, and using the > > logo without our permission, I don't see what else is wrong with this > > page. > > > > Offering an update subscription service and charging for it is quite > > permissible under GPL, isn't it? > > > > cheers, > > a > > > > On 7/17/06, Thomas Chung <tchung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Has anybody have any idea how many in violations with this site? > > > http://www.linux-respin.org/ > > > One of FWN readers reported and I'm deeply concerned. > > > Regards, > > > -- > > > Thomas Chung > > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ThomasChung > > > > > > -- > > > Famsco-list mailing list > > > Famsco-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/famsco-list > > > > > > > > > -- > > Open Video Contest > > Powered by Creative Commons and Fedora Project > > http://creativecommons.org/video/openvideocontest/ > > > > -- > > Famsco-list mailing list > > Famsco-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/famsco-list > > > > -- > Famsco-list mailing list > Famsco-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/famsco-list > _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board-readonly mailing list fedora-advisory-board-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board-readonly
