[CentOS-docs] centos-doc] Contributing on CentOS Wiki

[Mats Karlsson]

Is this the information you are refering to Mr. Herrold?
http://www.pnaelv.net/
http://www.pnaelv.net/letter_body/

/Mats

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 5:34 PM, Dag Wieers <dag at centos.org> wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Jan 2009, R P Herrold wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 3 Jan 2009, Dag Wieers wrote:
> >> On Sat, 3 Jan 2009, R P Herrold wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 2 Jan 2009, Vitor Afonso Strabello wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Can I post a link to the "prominent North American
> >>>> Enterprise Linux vendor" about it also?
> >>>
> >>>> https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0397.html
> >>>
> >>> Counsel for the PNAELV expressly asked that CentOS NOT 'deep
> >>> link' into their site.
> >>
> >> Do we have the complete text available ?
> >
> > yes -- I see no reason to re-debate their position here, as it
> > simply picks open old wounds to no good end, and have provided
> > a link to you privately.
>
> If I read their position, they requested us to remove unauthorized use of
> RED HAT marks as well as improper use of Red Hat's IP, including within
> our web site metatags.
>
> They did object the use of their trademark in combination of linking to
> Red Hat's site, but they do not request from us to remove any links. Just
> the use of the trademark.
>
> So what we're already doing from bugs.centos.org and the security
> advisories does not seem to be a problem. Linking does not seem to be an
> issues to them according to what you send me.
>
> And wrt. the improper and unauthorized use of the trademark, there are
> ways to protect you from that (using the TM sign everywhere with a
> disclaimer).
>
> As long as we take proper care to make it absolutely clear we are not Red
> Hat there should not be a problem. That together with a formal request for
> revalidation of the website/wiki etc... should help us as well.
>
> By the way, X/OS answered their counsel that as soon as Oracle is
> complying, he would comply to the same rules as well. And never heard back
> :)
>
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