On 05/12/2009 05:24 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote: > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:39:38PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: >> Hi >> >> The original story writer seems well meaning but perhaps a bit confused >> as he primarily writes about Ubuntu but also mentions Red Hat and >> Fedora. A clarification might help. Anyone wants to step up? > > The original story is here: > http://www.pcworld.com/article/164633/trademarks_the_hidden_menace.html > > There already seem to be a number of people poking at the large holes > in this article, including the outside counsel for the OSI, Mark > Radcliffe. Do we really have much to add to the discussion? If so, > no problem, just note what you're interested in having clarified. Specifically " To be fair, at the time of the creation of the Enterprise distro, Red Hat also created the Fedora project to encourage the creation of an entirely unrestricted Linux distro. " In the context of the article, he seems to assume that Fedora is not a trademark. Otherwise that comparison doesn't make sense. Of course, Fedora trademark guidelines are more liberal being a community project as opposed to a commercial product. That warrants a response IMO. Rahul -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
