On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 17:59:19 +0530, Rahul Sundaram <rahulsundaram@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:21:19 +0000, WipeOut > <wipe_out@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have a question that may or may not have come up before... Not wanting > > to start a flame war but its something that I was asked and didn't have > > an answer to.. > > > > Is RHEL allowed to be freely distributed and installed on as many PC's > > as you like as is the case with other GPL distro's?? > > the code is licensed under various open source license. so yes the > code is freely redistributable. redhat has trademark restrictions so > anyone redistributing it will have to strip off redhat names and > trademarks from the end product which is basically what rebuild clones > like centos(.org) does. Busy converting a RHEL3 box to centos, thanks for the tip on this one! Should I report my successes to the list? > > the trademark restrictions are necessary for two things > > * prevent confusion > * to protect the trademark from being diluated and lost > > -- > Regards, > Rahul Sundaram > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- Kenneth Kalmer kenneth.kalmer@xxxxxxxxx http://opensourcery.blogspot.com
