[PlanetCCRMA] Re: PlanetCCRMA on RHEL?

[William M. Quarles]

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 08:05, Arnaud Gomes-do-Vale wrote:
> 
>>"William M. Quarles" <walrus@bellsouth.net> writes:
>>
>>>Well technically RHEL as a whole is a derivative work, so
>>
>>No, it is a collection of various software pieces. Most of it is free,
>>but there is some proprietary stuff, mainly some pictures like the Red
>>Hat logo itself.
> 
> And the use of Red Hat trademarks (that includes mention of Red Hat
> itself and the logos and other "marks" that are theirs). 
> 
> 
>>At keast this is my understanding. ;-)
> 
> 
> That is correct, AFAIK. See:

Here it is, our answer in the license agreement.  It took me a while to 
find.  The only trick to redistributing any of the software is Red Hat's 
trademarks.  I wonder how well that sits with GPL compliance though. 
Perhaps trademark law supersedes the GPL's terms.

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