It's not so simple [LWN.net]

It's not so simple

Posted Mar 1, 2011 0:45 UTC (Tue) by foom (subscriber, #14868)
In reply to: It's not so simple by jspaleta
Parent article: Red Hat's "obfuscated" kernel source

I'm having a bit of trouble figuring how you came by your interpretation. "Software would include versions or copies that have the Red Hat trademark(s) and/or logo file(s) removed." sounds to me like an exact description of CentOS.

You say that clause only applies if I remove RedHat's trademarks, but not if the CentOS project does so?

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It's not so simple

Posted Mar 1, 2011 0:55 UTC (Tue) by jspaleta (subscriber, #50639) [Link]

No its not an exact description of CentOS. CentOS is a full rebuild of the underlying source code. It is NOT rebranded Red Hat built and certified binaries.

I'm saying that the act of rebuilding from source is different _product_. CentOS is not a Red Hat product offering in any form. It's not certified by Red Hat and does not get access to subscription services Red Hat sales you when you get RHEL.

An installed RHEL system with with binaries built and certified by Red Hat that has been modified post-install to hide the fact that it was originally installed on the system as a branded Red Hat product. Those are the systems at issue here in this clause. These situations are absolutely most definitely distinctly different than choosing to install CentOS.

-jef