Be very careful when it comes to documentation. RH can copyright
their documentation. They do not have to make the docs open source.
See the following doc at the top of the page:
https://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/x8664-multi-install-guide/
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On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 17:42:31 +1100, Matt Bottrell <mbottrell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's definately a grey area that needs sorting out with RH Legal....
> However I think you have the crux of the issue Maciej.
>
> Cheer,s
>
> Matt.
>
> On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 23:37:35 +0100 (CET), Maciej ?enczykowski
> <maze@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I think the main question is - whether changing Red Hat to CentOS
> > everywhere except in the copyright and noting the change would be
> > considered a substantial modification...
> >
> > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Lance Davis wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 1 Mar 2005, Michael Best wrote:
> > >
> > > > Maciej ?>>enczykowski wrote:
> > > > >>Here read this:
> > > > >>http://beta.centos.org/centos-4/4.0/docs/html/rhel-ig-x8664-multi-en-4/legalnotice.html
> > > > >>
> > > > >>-Mike
> > > >
> > > > The Open Content license does permit derived works, modified versions
> > > > must say they are modified, and have bibliographic attribution to the
> > > > original work.
> > >
> > > That is not my understanding having read it.
> > > >
> > >
> > > as in :-
> > >
> > > 'Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is
> > > prohibited without the explicit permission of the copyright holder.'
> > >
> > > That being an optional overrider on the opencontent license.
> > >
> > > as in :-
> > >
> > > The author(s) and/or publisher of an Open Publication-licensed document
> > > may elect certain options by appending language to the reference to or
> > > copy of the license. ...
> > >
> > >
> > > A. To prohibit distribution of substantively modified versions without the
> > > explicit permission of the author(s). "Substantive modification" is
> > > defined as a change to the semantic content of the document, and excludes
> > > mere changes in format or typographical corrections.
> > >
> > > Lance
> > >
> > >
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