Subject: RE: [linux-audio-user] License free Linux ??
From: Jan Depner (eviltwin69_AT_cableone.net)
Date: Fri Dec 05 2003 - 00:50:53 EET
Oh, I don't know about that. How about we take Red Hat's distribution,
remove all of the RH branding, fix the KDE stuff, and release it under a
new name. What should we call it? How about...Mandrake. All perfectly
legal.
Jan
On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 16:58, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > Yeah, in this case notifying Ebay is appropriate because he's re-branding
> > and only distributing binaries, so he's breaking audcity's GPL
> >
>
> I haven't looked closely enough, but do we KNOW he's only distributing
> binaries?
>
> I'm a bit surprised at the idea that it isn't breaking the licenses to
> rebrand, unless you add significant original content. Just changing the name
> Ardour to Mark's Magnificent DAW Engine seems like quite a bogus thing to do
> to make money. The only thing that's mine is the name.
>
> This whole thing is pretty amazingly blatant, isn't it? It's like warez gone
> public for the 'good' of humanity...
>
>
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