[Gllug] Linuxemporium - Pink Tie

[Jim Bailey]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 11:08:15AM +0000, David Damerell wrote:
> On , 20 Nov 2002, Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> >I'm saddened to hear that this is no longer the case. Can you give a
> >brief run down of the bits of 8 that aren't GPL? 
> 
> Packages containing their logos and images. 'redhat-logos' is one of
> them, but there may be others.
> 
> >Do they still fall under the "open-source" definition?
> 
> No. You cannot modify these packages.
> 
> >Is it still legal for me to make copies of downloaded ISO's for
> >friends?
> 
> The license on redhat-logos appears to expressly permit that. However,
> their claims about their trademarks would imply that it is not; but it
> seems those claims are unsupportable.
> 
> Not to be a smug Debian user, but the only answer is a distribution
> with a real committment to remaining Free.
>
Totally agree which is why when I get a choice I am either a Debian or
Gentoo user and now with Knoppix Debian finally has a decent installer
for people new to GNU/Linux

Peace Jim

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