On 03/02/2009, <b class="gmail_sendername">S.Tindall</b> <<a href="mailto:tindall.satwth@brandxmail.com">tindall.satwth@brandxmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
There was an interesting note in a recent <a href="http://fedoraproject.org">fedoraproject.org</a> newsletter<br> regarding Redhat's legal views on referring to others' trademarks. Since<br> the comments are lengthy, they are not reproduced here and are available<br>
 at the links below.<br> <br> FWN/Issue161: <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue161#Legal">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue161#Legal</a><br> <br> Callaway note:<br> <a href="http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-January/msg00012.html">http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2009-January/msg00012.html</a><br>
 <br> Fedora Packaging Guidelines:<br> <a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Trademarks_in_Summary_or_Description">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Trademarks_in_Summary_or_Description</a><br>
 <br> Although they are really talking about non-Redhat trademarks, the points<br> are equally applicable to the Redhat trademarks and related issues as<br> might (or might not) be used in CentOS documentation.<br> <br> Those comments make interesting food-for-thought with regard to the off<br>
 and on discussions on how to or how not to (or how if-at-all to) refer<br> to Redhat in CentOS documentation.</blockquote><div><br>Steve,<br><br>The first thing to get right is the name of the upstream company. It is (and here I am quoting from upstream themselves) "Red Hat".<br>
<br>Two three letter words, the first letter of each in upper case.<br><br>Alan.</div></div>