> On legal grounds they have to object. If not they lose the rights to > the trademark if they ever need to go to court to fight a case. > Their lawyers would be the one jumping up and down and for good > reason. They have to keep their trademark (or lose the rights to it > by simply not objecting others usage of it) True, if that's what they were doing. Look, this is a legal tactic. It amounts to having your friend who's a lawyer call your mechanic because you have a gripe and want your $100 bill reduced. They know CentOS will not go to court over this. So this is a way to get them to back off. But CentOS isn't doing anything wrong or illegal. For that reason, they should ignore this but I understand why they can't take the risk. Defending RH's actions is just futile. I, for one, am very disappointed. I can hope bad press will help but they seem to not really give a fsck. -- <<JAV>>