[Centos] Red Hat Legal Targets www.centos.org website content
Dag Wieers
dag at wieers.com
Mon Feb 14 14:53:23 UTC 2005
On Mon, 14 Feb 2005, Benjamin J. Weiss wrote:
> I think RH's going a bit overboard, as there really was no confusion as to
> whether or not RH was supporting CentOS.
Well, I would not necessarily draw that conclusion. People not accustomed
with terminology or the Internet can make wrong assumptions. I regularly
get a mail asking how they can update their RHEL distribution using my
repositories (when they specifically mean updates).
I could add a big red banner on top that I do not offer updates, and most
likely I would still get mails. (often in poor english :))
However, can I be held responsible if some people lack background or are
being confused. And how many red banners would clear me from the
responsibility ?
That's why I think an official legal complaint should indicate what clear
actions they want. Maybe a few specific examples that they think indicate
the problem. They should be required to specifically tell what the problem
is instead of some vague legal terms that I will never know whether I
comply with or not.
Maybe bringing in the lawyers as a first step is not such a good idea. But
the legal climate (especially in the US) probably requires such action
(and is maybe less intimidating in the US than preceived in Europe).
It would be nice to know exactly what is required in this situation. The
secrecy is causing FUD about the whole subject and is damaging Red Hat's
reputation indirectly too.
-- dag wieers, dag at wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ --
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