We had demonstrated the software before Sajith at IT Mission. He then commented that they opt Mandrake for this purpose. I think there is no difference between Mandrake and RedHat. The copyright issues were not raised by Sajith but complained only about the functioning of the Software package developed by CDIT. I don't blame him for this matter. Because raising such issues(copyright) is not his duty. The Akshaya logo was printed on all CD's. But the RedHat logo is printed only on the CDs which contained the RedHat distro. Manilal
----- Original Message ----- From: Arun M arun@gnu.org.in Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 17:04:02 +0530 To: Anil anil@samadhanam.org Subject: Re: [Fsf-friends] Indian Express
Here there is no case of trademark infringement. The CDs which are labelled with redhat logo contains only redhat distributed packages. All the stuffs developed by CDIT is distributed in a CD with Akshaya logo. It does not contains any reference of redhat.
Whatever CDIT has attempted is legally justified.
I saw a package which had RedHat logo and Akshya logo. Also i dont remember seeing any paper which said warranty is not available with the CDs. Any way as CDs were not yet distributed technically CDIT is in safe position. IT Mission would have faced legal probs when they distribute the CDs to Akshya Centers.
Myself and Sajith told IT Mission and a CDIT person involved in the project abt possible issues. Response from the CDIT person was really bad. Later some discussion happened between IT Mission, CDIT, RedHat India etc.
BTW, the reporter of India Express seems to be anti-free software guy. It is not the first time he is making a report which can hurt free software movement.
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