Re: Red Hat GPL No Longer Available

[nlp3 cornell edu]

I agree, if they are to be a business, then it makes perfect sense that 
since the product is practically free, they can sell on reputation and 
thus they would be interested in trademarking RedHAt etc.

On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Chris Albertson wrote:

> Robb Sands wrote:
> >
> > I just got off the phone with Amazon.com and Red Hat.com Legal departments
> > and guess what the hot-breaking-heart-breaking news is?
> <SNIP>
> 
> > This email is a plea for you to email   legal redhat com and voice your
> > displeasure
> 
> Displeasure??  I don't care.  If "RED HAT" is a trademark then it is
> a trademark.  Respect it.  I'm sure they can't stop you from letting on in
> some way that you are selling a copy of something you downloaded off Red Hat's
> FTP site.  Just change your add to read
> 
>              "CD-R copies of well know FTP sites $1.99 each"
> 
> Then you list the URL where you got the data.  No big deal.  In fact
> I'd say with the above ad's wording your customers will be BETTER informed
> about what you are selling.
> 
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