--- Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Hoffman" <dhoffman2004@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "Murali Parth" <muralinux@xxxxxxxxx>; "For users > of Fedora Core > releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 9:33 PM > Subject: Re: Re : Fedora Dispute > > > > On 5/7/05, Murali Parth <muralinux@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Hello List, > >> Are we in danger of losing the name "Fedora" due > the reported claim by > >> Cornell and Virginia universities ? Could any one > clarify on this so > >> that we get to know the facts ? > >> Murali > > > > If they have to rename it, that doesn't mean any > of the functionality > > will go away. So who cares what it's called? > > This is really a tempest in a teapot. The > Cornell/UVA use and Red Hat's use > of the name do not conflict. One is for a digital > management system and one > is for a Linux distribution. I suspect anyone who > can spell the word > "computer" will know that they are not the same > thing. > > Cornell/UVA are making this into more than it is - > Red Hat's own lawyers > have said that they can't see any way that there > could be a conflict. See > http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/20/HNredhatfedora_1.html > for more > info. > > Thomas Thank you very much Thomas for your kind information, I replied too soon without reading your link. Regards, Antonio > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html
