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[Raj Mathur]

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>>>>> "Arun" == Arun M <Arun> writes:

    Arun> Any idea about the BlueCurve theme ?  Is the theme
    Arun> proprietary or just the trademark Blue Curve.

    >> No, Red Hat Linux isn't proprietary software.  However the Red
    >> Hat logo and name are trademarks.
    >> 
    >> Red Hat cannot prevent you from copying, modifying and/or
    >> distributing Red Hat Linux.  They CAN prevent you from calling
    >> it Red Hat and using their logo or their name to promote it.

    Arun> The installer etc contains some trademarked stuff, how will
    Arun> they affect distribution ?

You must change the installer too.  I had to do that when making
customised RH distributions for my clients.  You basically replace the
RH graphics in the installer with your own graphics and remove the Red
Hat name wherever it occurs.

I *think* you also have to remove the bluecurve package since it
contains RH trademarked information.  Not sure about that one,
though.

Anyway, making an RH distro trademark-free isn't exactly trivial, but
it isn't rocket science either.  Needs some work.

Regards,

- -- Raju
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Raj Mathur                raju@kandalaya.org      http://kandalaya.org/
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