Interesting move...

Interesting move...

Posted Jul 21, 2003 15:39 UTC (Mon) by freeio (guest, #9622)
Parent article: A new Red Hat beta and distribution changes

It would appear that Red Hat is going for a "full geek press" of sorts. OK, if the kernel can be developed out in the open, then why not apply that to the entire distro - and a popular version at that.

There is ample reason to believe it will work. The best example of this process, of course, has been Debian. Of course Red Hat is still a for-profit company, but they seem to have realized that since the vast majority of their income comes not from the boxed sets, but rather from custom work, support, and such, that the distro itself could be freeed up, and to their benefit.

What will be of interest is to see what trademark issues will show up. Red Hat has been enforcing thier trademark rights, and so this new venture will need to have a standard name which doesn't infringe, so that third parties can release it on CDROM, call it something recognizable, and not call it Red Hat.

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