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I wonder how things might change if he distributed something like Fedora but with malware. I hope in that case he'd not prevail in a legal battle over use of t
by wyldfire 5y ago
I wonder how things might change if he distributed something like Fedora but with malware. I hope in that case he'd not prevail in a legal battle over use of the name 'Fedora'.
- kayodelycaon 5y agoI think that would head towards criminal charges and Fedora would have some legitimate standing to file a lawsuit. Right now, they have nothing.
- DoctorOW 5y agoI'm not a lawyer but in addition to the other crimes this would be a trademark violation. If they're arguing the malware version is Fedora, it would constitute an attempt to "misleadingly to divert Internet users or to tarnish Complainant's FEDORA trademark." Since Fedora is trademarked it doesn't matter if it's marketed as Red Hat Fedora or some other Fedora.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoYes, if the situation was different then it might be different. Conveniently, it wasn't, so it isn't.