[CentOS-devel] Question about generating a spin of CentOS 7

[Joe Brockmeier]

On 10/31/2014 01:08 PM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Jim Perrin <jperrin at centos.org> wrote:
>> Why does this feel like you're intentionally attempting to be difficult?
> 
> Because legalese is always difficult - and there are a bazillion VM
> images available with preinstalled apps and it would be very confusing
> if they can't mention the underlying OS name.

If you read the TM guidelines [1] you'll see that you can "mention"
CentOS - you can't call the resulting product CentOS.

Specifically:

"You may use the Word Mark, but not the Logos, to truthfully describe
the origin of the software that you are providing but not the software
itself, where what you are distributing is modified official CentOS
source code or is a build compiled from modified official CentOS source
code. You may say, for example: “This software is derived from the
source code for the CentOS distribution.” However, you may not say that
the software is CentOS."

It's really not difficult.

Best,

jzb

[1] http://www.centos.org/legal/trademarks/
-- 
Joe Brockmeier | Principal Cloud & Storage Analyst
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