Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

You don't understand the issue then (and your assertion is patently false as I outlined elsewhere).

First of all, requiring trademark removal is something the FSF considers acceptable so long as it is reasonable to do[1]. Both RHEL and SUSE have all of their branding in specifically labeled packages so it is easy to replace.

Second of all, GRSecurity will always penalise you if you distribute their sources (regardless of whether you remove any trademarks they may have in their source -- which I don't think they do).

The two issues are completely different and you're muddying the waters by bringing up Red Hat, even though the free software community has agreed that removal of trademarks is acceptable[1]. You're bringing up a non-issue in a discussion about an actual issue.

[1]: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guideli...



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: