On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 12:00, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003, Stephen Smoogen wrote:
No you can not sell the product as Red Hat Linux 9. You can give it away without changes but if you sell it you must rename it something like PinkTie Linux etc. This is a minimal requirement to keep the trademark under international trademark law.
hang on -- i thought red hat wasn't even allowing vendors to call it something *similar*, like "pink tie". wasn't it something like this that got online vendors like linuxmall or cheapbytes in trouble?
Well a quick checking out cheapbytes shows it has the following for sale: Looking for low-cost Linux Distribution CDs containing a Red Hat 9.0 "workalike"? Here they are!
3 CD-ROM Pink Tie 9.0 Install Set Shipping $6.99 6 CD-ROM Pink Tie 9.0 Install & Source Set Shipping $12.99