[WBEL-users] Redhat Legalese

[Hedemark, Magnus]

Neil [mailto:neil@namx.co.uk] said:
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> Hmmm , well i have an email from someone at redhat telling me 
> different .. .
> 
> http://namx.co.uk/redhatESmail.txt

OK different countries are going to have different restrictions.  It's been
awhile since I looked at this.  Some of what is in here bears out what
you've heard:

I'm looking at:
  http://www.redhat.com/licenses/rhel_us_3.html?country=United+States&

Appendix 1, 1: "With the exception of certain image files identified in
Section 2 below, the license terms for the components permit Customer to
copy, modify, and redistribute the component, in both source code and binary
code forms. This agreement does not limit Customer's rights under, or grant
Customer rights that supersede, the license terms of any particular
component."

Appendix 1, 2: This agreement does not permit Customer to distribute the
Software using Red Hat's trademarks. Customer should read the information
found at http://www.redhat.com/about/corporate/trademark/ before
distributing a copy of the Software, regardless of whether it has been
modified. If Customer makes a commercial redistribution of the Software,
unless a separate agreement with Red Hat is executed or other permission
granted, then Customer must modify any files identified as "REDHAT-LOGOS"
and "anaconda-images" to remove all images containing the "Red Hat"
trademark or the "Shadowman" logo. Merely deleting these files may corrupt
the Software.

OK so you can't go giving out ISO's because of the trademarked data on the
discs.  They explicitly tell you to modify the files containing images, but
more ambiguously tell you interpret their trademark policy above & beyond
that.

I seem to remember the RHAS 2.1 service agreement having some more heavy
handed language in it limiting what you could do internally with the
software.

It's all pretty moot considering there are at least three good clones out
there now that are relatively unencumbered.