hey, thanks for posting that - its interesting. Alexandru E. Ungur wrote: > Hi, > > My fiance (who was recently converted to CentOS ;) from Slackware) found so... she saw the light :) > something that intrigued us both. You may want to read this: > > http://rentacoder.com/RentACoder/misc/BidRequests/ShowBidRequest.asp?lngBidRequestId=392449 > > I quote: > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > "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. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > (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)." > works in this case would only involve the scripts ( if any, you could actually do it all by hand, might end up with finger stress and a bad case of keyboard rundown ... but hey, could be done ). The Code itself is all licensed under Open Source Licenses ( various different names / specifics - but its all open source ). Maybe artwork and other code additions that his person has created, might also be included in his own restrictive (c).... But, I am not sure what that person is trying to do ? -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq