On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 09:54:27PM -0500, Thomas Cameron 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 I strongly disagree. It is RedHat that is making the problem by wanting to trademark the name Fedora. There was not objection from the Cornell/UVA group until RedHat took that action. -- ======================================================================= I wonder if I ought to tell them about my PREVIOUS LIFE as a COMPLETE STRANGER? ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
