On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Jared K. Smith <jsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 12:06 PM, inode0 <inode0@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> What is an example of an official remix? I don't understand the >> distinction between official and unofficial remixes? Aren't all >> remixes outside the scope of the Fedora Project and unofficial from >> our perspective? > > > As far as I understand it, there is no such thing as an "official" remix. > All remixes are outside the scope of the Fedora Project. > > As much as I love Pidora (even to the point of providing hosting for their > site) and think the Seneca folks are doing a fine job with it, I'm not sure > how far I would personally want to go down the road towards categorizing > remixes into two camps of "we will advertise these remixes" and "we won't > advertise these remixes" on the website. One could hope that common sense > would prevail, but if there's anything I've learned over the past several > years, it's that common sense to one person is complete madness to another. > With that in mind, I've come to my own personal conclusion that if it were > totally up to me (and thank goodness it isn't!), I would think it best not > to advertise any remixes on the front page of the Fedora Project website. A > sobering conculsion to be sure, but I can't see any other logical end that > doesn't somehow split remixes into "haves" and "have nots". Pidora was made a special case when Red Hat granted them permission to use that trademark on a remix. And while I think that was a mistake, it is water under the bridge and all we can tell other remixes now is you aren't as special as Pidora is to us. When any other remix asks for a name that is as similar to Fedora as Pidora is they will almost certainly be told no. When any other remix asks for a logo that is the Fedora logo with a few small changes made to it they will almost certainly be told no. However we choose to deal with Pidora issues now, I don't think they will set a precedent for other remixes. John _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
