[WBEL-users] Centos contacted by RedHat legal team

[Joel Barrios Dueñas]

I apologize for my misinterpretation.

> Joel Barrios Dueñas wrote:
>> Acccording to the letter sent from Red Hat legal team to CenOS people,
>> CenOS website did used, in some manner, Red Hat Logos and trademark even
>> as metatags inte HTML of their website, this is, they did what White Box
>
> Please do not mistake Joel's interpretation of the letter included in
> the announcement for the facts.  CentOS has not used (intentionally) any
> Red Hat (tm), Inc. logos in any attempt to brand CentOS.  Meta tags did
> NOT and do not contain Registered Red Hat (tm), Inc.  The meta
> name="description" previously contained RHEL only and only used in a
> sense to convey the fact that CentOS is a rebuild of such.
>
>> did not. White Box Linux website has no Red Hat Logo anyware (as fas as
>> I
>
> I'll grant you this as a true fact.
>
>> have reached), neither in any package from the distribution, neither has
>
> Not intentionally.  They have slipped out (as have logos from CentOS).
>
>> the red hat trademark included within the HTML code, and properly quotes
>
> This is obviously inaccurate unless something has changed in the last 24
> hours.
>
>> Red Hat trademarks belonging to Red Hat. .
>
> As DID the CentOS webpage.  The cAos foundation leader demanded that the
>    Red Hat (tm), Inc. Trademark exception and that CentOS is not
> affiliated or supported by Red Hat (tm), Inc. be removed from the website.
>
>>
>>
>>>This is only a heads up.  I am not a CentOS developer and i do
>>>not know if RedHat will bother Whitebox at all.
>
> Wouldn't surprise me if they did.  Seems they are on the TM watch again.
>   This happened about 2.5 years ago as well.
>
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Un cordial saludo.

Joel Barrios Dueñas
http://www.linuxparatodos.net/