Re: Re : Fedora Dispute

akonstam_at_trinity.edu
Date: 05/08/05

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    On Sat, May 07, 2005 at 09:54:27PM -0500, Thomas Cameron wrote:
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "David Hoffman" <dhoffman2004@gmail.com>
    > To: "Murali Parth" <muralinux@gmail.com>; "For users of Fedora Core
    > releases" <fedora-list@redhat.com>
    > Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 9:33 PM
    > Subject: Re: Re : Fedora Dispute
    >
    >
    > >On 5/7/05, Murali Parth <muralinux@gmail.com> wrote:
    > >>Hello List,
    > >>Are we in danger of losing the name "Fedora" due the reported claim by
    > >>Cornell and Virginia universities ? Could any one clarify on this so
    > >>that we get to know the facts ?
    > >>Murali
    > >
    > >If they have to rename it, that doesn't mean any of the functionality
    > >will go away. So who cares what it's called?
    >
    > This is really a tempest in a teapot. The Cornell/UVA use and Red Hat's
    > use of the name do not conflict. One is for a digital management system
    > and one is for a Linux distribution. I suspect anyone who can spell the
    > word "computer" will know that they are not the same thing.
    >
    > Cornell/UVA are making this into more than it is - Red Hat's own lawyers
    > have said that they can't see any way that there could be a conflict. See
    > http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/20/HNredhatfedora_1.html for more
    > info.
    >
    > Thomas
    I strongly disagree. It is RedHat that is making the problem by
    wanting to trademark the name Fedora. There was not objection from the
    Cornell/UVA group until RedHat took that action. 

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