Confusion of over Red Hat/Fedora trademarks

[Paul W. Frields]

On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 05:36:44AM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> On 05/12/2009 05:24 AM, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:39:38PM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> The original story writer seems well meaning but perhaps a bit confused
> >> as he primarily writes about Ubuntu but also mentions Red Hat and
> >> Fedora. A clarification might help. Anyone wants to step up?
> > 
> > The original story is here:
> > http://www.pcworld.com/article/164633/trademarks_the_hidden_menace.html
> > 
> > There already seem to be a number of people poking at the large holes
> > in this article, including the outside counsel for the OSI, Mark
> > Radcliffe.  Do we really have much to add to the discussion?  If so,
> > no problem, just note what you're interested in having clarified.
> 
> ... btw, LWN has picked it up now
> 
> http://lwn.net/Articles/332848

Great, victim of the re-re-re-re-recycling "news" cycle of the
Internet.  News was so much more reliable when Uncle Walter just read
it every evening! :-)

This is a good opportunity to ask this question: What's the best way
to get clarifications out there?  By that, I mean, what effectively
puts the clarification in front of the most eyeballs?  What's most
effective to be seen by people Googling?

I'm thinking the answer isn't to post the same correction on two dozen
different web sites.

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