On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Keith Keller < kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote: > On 2014-02-24, Brian Miller <centos at fullnote.com> wrote: > > On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 12:28 +0000, jb wrote: > >> http://nerdvittles.com/?p=8721 > > > > 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. > Derivative projects are probably in the same boat CentOS is ... removing the trademarked items. ie: CentOS removes Red Hat trademarks (name, logo, whatever else) That would be my expectation if anything at all were necessary. Hopefully that author will consult the proper people and get a clear answer. Some people like to rant to rant ... it's rather sad because more time is wasted than actually doing something. > > --keith > > -- > kkeller at wombat.san-francisco.ca.us > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- ---~~.~~--- Mike // SilverTip257 //