On 05/12/2009 05:24 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote:
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:39:38PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
Hi
The original story writer seems well meaning but perhaps a bit confused as he primarily writes about Ubuntu but also mentions Red Hat and Fedora. A clarification might help. Anyone wants to step up?
The original story is here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/164633/trademarks_the_hidden_menace.html
There already seem to be a number of people poking at the large holes in this article, including the outside counsel for the OSI, Mark Radcliffe. Do we really have much to add to the discussion? If so, no problem, just note what you're interested in having clarified.
Specifically
" To be fair, at the time of the creation of the Enterprise distro, Red Hat also created the Fedora project to encourage the creation of an entirely unrestricted Linux distro. "
In the context of the article, he seems to assume that Fedora is not a trademark. Otherwise that comparison doesn't make sense. Of course, Fedora trademark guidelines are more liberal being a community project as opposed to a commercial product. That warrants a response IMO.
Rahul