On 2014-02-24, Brian Miller centos@fullnote.com wrote:
On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 12:28 +0000, jb wrote:
The author of those pieces needs to read a bit closer. His claim:
In a nutshell, the new RedHat Terms of Service outlaw use of CentOS in any product ???unless the combined distribution is an official CentOS distribution.???is not supported by any evidence he provides. What is made clear is that one cannot use the CentOS marks (ie logos, etc.) in a derivative distribution.
The actual text from what the original blog author cites (https://www.centos.org/legal/trademarks/):
"Use of the CentOS Marks to identify software that combines any portion of the CentOS software with any other software , unless the combined distribution is an official CentOS distribution. For example, you may not distribute a combination of the CentOS software with software released by the FooStack project under the name ''CentOS FooStack Distro''."
So the guidelines prohibit the use of CentOS *Marks*, not CentOS in his hypothetical scenario.
--keith