On 7/12/07, Manas Saksena <msaksena@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Every one derives from Linus' kernel tree and creates their own custom Linux kernel. But, they are all still Linux kernels. And, they dont dilute the "Linux" brand.
Its more complicated than brand value. My interpretation, from sitting outside the red hat fenceline, is that there's also potential liability associated with 'blessing' a codebase that is not under the direct control of the fedora build system. I'd absolutely LOVE to find a solution in derived-distribution space that let the builders of these distros share credit with the Fedora community. It sure be super nice to be able to have people gloat and preen over their consumption of the work we are doing. There's no doubt in my mind, that its a PR win all around if we can find a way to present Fedora as an ecosystem of distributions, even the derived ones and march forward into the future arm-in-ARM singing obnoxiously. But since linus, as the trademark holder to linux, isn't the name of a corporation incorporated in a hyper-litigious country with enough assests to be worth protecting... the parallel between the trademark situations is not really the same. -jef"all analogies are like the expensive suit you bought a couple of years back, before you stopped exercising."spaleta -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
