[ILUG] The old CD thread again {RHEL this time}

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Paul Jakma (paul at clubi.ie):

> 2 of the RedHat packages are explicitely listed in the RHEL licence - 
> which btw is the *GPL* apart from those two RPMs.

Of course, as stressed elsewhere in this thread, Red Hat, Inc. can speak
_only_ to the licensing of properties it _owns_, an elementary aspect of
copyright law that seems to elude Paul.  Red Hat owns copyright over a
few codebases and the aforementioned compilation copyright title --
leaving the vast majority of the contents under the control of other
parties entirely, as to what terms shall apply.

> >>2.  Does the RPM build process mix trademark-encumbered contents from
> >>redhat-logos and anaconda-images into various other packages'
> >>installations, during compilation?  The answer to this is almost
> >>certainly "Yes".  If so, then many more of RHEL's _binary_ RPMs are
> >>trademark-encumbered (and thus proprietary) than just redhat-logos and
> >>anaconda-images.
> 
> Sigh. Rick is confused between trademark and copyright law.

I've already explained -- as has Red Hat, Inc., for that matter -- the
company's _conditioning_ of its licence for two RPMs' contents on
observance of the company's trademark policy.  I've even used reasonably
small words -- yet Paul just can't seem to get it.  I think the man is
past help, for reasons that passeth understanding.