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The home page[1] bends over backwards not to use the name "Red Hat", which renders the FAQ weirdly obtuse. CentOS, which used to be downstream of Red Hat, has
by portmanteaufu 5y ago
The home page[1] bends over backwards not to use the name "Red Hat", which renders the FAQ weirdly obtuse.
CentOS, which used to be downstream of Red Hat, has changed its strategy. Rocky Linux is looking to replace CentOS.
[1] https://rockylinux.org/ https://rockylinux.org/
- fipar 5y agoThat's to avoid trademark infringement. It used to be the same case with CentOS early on. Check out the "CentOS Overview" section in this version, with references to "a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor": https://web.archive.org/web/20050322010830/https://www.centos.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20050322010830/https://www.cento...
- user3939382 5y agoIMHO the proper purpose of trademarks should be to prevent consumer confusion. From that perspective, it’s absurd to have to dance around mentioning a trademark in a context where you’re explicitly stating that your product is different from it.
- 0xcde4c3db 5y agoTell that to Red Hat's lawyers [1] [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20071114044958/http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=66 https://web.archive.org/web/20071114044958/http://www.centos...
- protomyth 5y agoI rather doubt IBM's lawyers are more friendly about trademark use.
- selectodude 5y agoBetter safe than to wake up the Nazgul.
- phkahler 5y ago>> From that perspective, it’s absurd to have to dance around mentioning a trademark in a context where you’re explicitly stating that your product is different from it. I don't think being a downstream release of RedHat very different from it. In fact, that's kind of the point.
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