[CentOS-devel] This might be of interest to CentOS developers

Tue Jan 17 12:35:34 UTC 2006
Alexandru E. Ungur <alexandru at globalterrasoft.ro>

Hi,

My fiance (who was recently converted to CentOS ;) from Slackware) found
something that intrigued us both. You may want to read this:

http://rentacoder.com/RentACoder/misc/BidRequests/ShowBidRequest.asp?lngBidRequestId=392449

I quote:
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"Description:
The summary of the project is to create a distribution similar to CentOS Linux 
which is nearly the same as Red Hat Linux - with the exception that Red Hat's 
graphic images and name have been removed in areas to prevent legal issues. We 
already have a distribution similar to CentOS with the appropriate graphic files 
already developed. However, it is now old and needs to be updated.'"

[..]

"You should actually be able to use the CentOS Linux distribution as your 
starting point to minimize work efforts."

[..]

"Deliverables:
 [..]
 3) All deliverables will be considered "work made for hire" under U.S. Copyright 
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 law. Buyer will receive exclusive and complete copyrights to all work purchased. 
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 (No GPL, GNU, 3rd party components, etc. unless all copyright ramifications are 
 explained AND AGREED TO by the buyer on the site per the coder's Seller Legal 
 Agreement)."

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end of quote.

It seems stupid to duplicate something that already exists and works *very* well 
(great distro you guys!)... unless I'm missing something. It just pisses me off 
that somebody could take your work just like that and use it for **unfair**
purposes!

BTW, you can talk to RAC people if the proposed projects are unfair/illegal which
I suspect it is the case here.


Have a nice day everyone,
Alex