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Red Hat & Centos On Name Usage

Posted by Hemos on from the same-problem-as-a-long-time dept.

Mister Incognito writes "As you probably know, Centos is a free distribution compiled from sources of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. As requested, the distro has any references to Red Hat removed. But now Red Hat has decided that Centos must not even mention their name on the web site, or link to Red Hat, or even use metatags with its name on it. " Well, actually, what RHAT has asked for is that Centos comply with the their terms for using the name; Matthew Szulik has talked about this before, and should be noted that not all of the copyright stuff is "bad."

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  1. *mwah* by lisaparratt · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I'm not a manager who's arse needs kissing - why on Earth would I know about a minor distribution such as Centos?

  2. Re:I AM A SATISFIED RED HAT LINUX USER by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Sometimes yelling is relevant. In a environment full of stupids, such as slashdot, yelling can be an effective tool.

  3. FSCK YOU DEAD RAT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I hope you burn in hell you proprietary cocksuckers!

  4. Oh, the irony! by ChuckSchwab · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    People are always promoting Red Hat as an excellent open source business model, and now we find they're just as hooked on using copyright as Microsoft! Just goes to show you that Microsoft isn't doing anything wrong, they're just making good use of the rights that everyone - now, even open sourcers - believes they have!