FUDCon India 2008
by Rahul Sundaram
Hi
We have the tentative budget approval to organize a FUDCon in India as
part of the foss.in conference in Bangalore. Since last few FUDCon's
have been successfully conducted in Barcamp style, we might follow it if
we have the infrastructure and approval from event organizers. I have
add some preliminary details to
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FUDCon/FUDConIndia2008
Let me know if you have any questions.
Rahul
15 years, 5 months
FWN
by Arnav Kalra
The latest fedora weekly news is about a fortnight old. When will the new
version be released
15 years, 5 months
[Fwd: Mirror bandwidth and user redirection]
by Rahul Sundaram
Hi,
You should from now on get automatically redirected to the mirror with
more bandwidth. I talked to Matt Domsch in Boston about this last week
and it's already implemented now.
Rahul
15 years, 5 months
[Fwd: Re: [Fwd: Reg Fedora Logo usage for Fedora.co.in]]
by Kulbir Saini
I think this thread should stop here without any further discussions.
------------------------------ Original Message ------------------------------
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Reg Fedora Logo usage for Fedora.co.in]
From: "Paul W. Frields" <pfrields(a)redhat.com>
Date: Fri, June 27, 2008 18:31
To: kulbirsaini(a)students.iiit.ac.in
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Reg Fedora Logo usage for Fedora.co.in
> Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:36:23 +0530 (IST)
> From: Kulbir Saini <kulbirsaini(a)students.iiit.ac.in>
> To: trademarks(a)redhat.com
>
> Sir,
>
> I am an open source enthusiast, a Fedora fan and a FedoraProject
> contributor living in Hyderabad, India. I usually blog about Fedora, Linux
> and other open source projects on my blog located at http://fedora.co.in/ .
> I requested for the permission regarding Fedora logo usage from
> FedoraProject (logo(a)fedoraproject.org , http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo
> ) and they approved it.
>
> Still I want to confirm it from Red Hat Inc. whether I am entitled
> to use
> Fedora Logo on my web-blog?
>
> Awaiting for your response.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Thank you,
> Kulbir Saini,
Hi Kulbir,
The permission you received is all you need. You may use the Fedora
logo on your site. However, if could correct the site notice as
follows:
"Fedora, the Fedora logo, Fedora Project and Red Hat are trademarks of
Red Hat, Inc. The Fedora logo is used by permission."
1. Correct "the Fedora logo" so that "logo" is not capitalized
2. Correct "Fedora Project" to be two words, not one
3. Add the final sentence, "The Fedora logo is used by permission."
This is satisfactory and you can continue using the logo on your site.
We are working on writing clearer trademark guidelines to make usage
like this easier.
Paul W. Frields
Fedora Project Leader
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Thank you,
Kulbir Saini,
Computer Science and Engineering,
International Institute of Information Technology,
Hyderbad, India - 500032.
My Home-Page: http://saini.co.in/
My Web-Blog: http://fedora.co.in/
IRC nick : generalBordeaux
Channels : #fedora, #fedora-devel, #yum on freenode
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15 years, 5 months
Maintaining the Fedora developer spin
by Rahul Sundaram
Hi,
Andrew Overholt from the Red Hat Java team initiated a effort to create
a Fedora developer spin (live DVD) for Fedora 8. Unfortunately he hasn't
had time to continue to maintain it.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/8/ReleaseSummary
In brief, a spin is a custom variant of Fedora targeted at more specific
audience and can be either regular installation or live images. Refer
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/CustomSpins
In this case, what is minimum required for you to maintain a spin is
basic understanding of the kickstart syntax and livecd-creator, both of
which are pretty easy to learn. I can help walk you through the process
if you are interested. Do let me know if this interests you. Thanks.
Rahul
15 years, 5 months
Clarifications regarding fedora.co.in
by Kulbir Saini
Hi all!
I own this domain (http://fedora.co.in/) since almost 3-4 months and use it
to blog about Fedora and Linux related things. I took permission for using
Fedora logo from FedoraProject (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo). I am
not a RedHat employee and footer in the website says the same. I have
changed the website name to "My Fedora". If anybody still have any problem
and think that I am defaming FedoraProject or hurting anyone's sentiments,
reply to this thread.
PS : I am not going to move my blog to any other domain.
-------------------------------------------------------
Thank you,
Kulbir Saini,
Computer Science and Engineering,
International Institute of Information Technology,
Hyderbad, India - 500032.
My Home-Page: http://saini.co.in/
My Web-Blog: http://fedora.co.in/
IRC nick : generalBordeaux
Channels : #fedora, #fedora-devel, #yum on freenode
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15 years, 5 months
Re: Wrong usage of the name "Fedora India"
by Debarshi Ray
>> > As I already said, I am not related as in I am not an employee of
>> > RedHat
>>
>> Here is what you wrote:
>> "Copyright (c) 2008 Kulbir Saini. I am not related to Red Hat or
>> Fedora Project. The content on this site is my own views. "
>>
>> If you were not a related to the Fedora project, there is no way you
>> could have that site on Planet Fedora.
>
> Time and again you are writing the same thing. Didn't I clear my take on
> this?
You cleared nothing. You are trying to circumvent the issue.
> Anyway I don't want to be a part of another debate which doesn't end
> anywhere. I have changed the name to My Fedora. Hopefully you don't have
> problems with that.
Change the url from fedora.co.in to something else.
Regards,
Debarshi
15 years, 5 months
Re: Wrong usage of the name "Fedora India"
by Debarshi Ray
> As I already said, I am not related as in I am not an employee of RedHat
Here is what you wrote:
"Copyright (c) 2008 Kulbir Saini. I am not related to Red Hat or
Fedora Project. The content on this site is my own views. "
If you were not a related to the Fedora project, there is no way you
could have that site on Planet Fedora.
> and being a GSoCer doesn't make you an employee.
Not an employee of Red Hat, but that does make you part of the Fedora
Project since you are being mentored and selected under it, and
technically you are "working for Google as a self-employed contract
worker" (Leslie Hawthorne will give you the exact phrase).
> I seriously wonder from
> where this concept of "outsmarting others" dropped in and how I am trying to
> outsmart others.
Is there something left to seriously wonder about?
Regards,
Debarshi
15 years, 5 months
Re: Wrong usage of the name "Fedora India"
by Kushal Das
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Kulbir Saini <kulbirsaini25(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
> I think legaly there is nothing. May domains (e.g. http://fedora.org/ )
> are owned by others. And to be precise I am not publicizing something
> against fedora on my blog. I write about fedora all the time. And there are
> a lot of fedora <countryName> (checkout the list here
> http://proyectofedora.org/mexico/ ) blogs and websites.
Don't know about other countries but *yes* we have problems if someone
is using the name 'Fedora India'. 'Fedora India' means the whole
Fedora community from India, You just can not use that name for your
personal statements.
And you are using Fedora logo and telling there is no legal problem!!
Also please mail in this regard in the list as this is not a personal
conversation.
Kushal
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