On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 02:11:23PM -0600, Gain Paolo Mureddu wrote:
*) How far could we (if we walk down this path, anyway) modify the
default Fedora installation to better fit customers? (installing some
Extras packages and maybe Flash/RealPlayer/mPlayer/Xine; 32-bit apps
for backwards compatibility on 64-bit Linux boxes)
If you modify it, you can't call it Fedora. But you can modify it all you
want. However, as not-a-lawyer, just adding things probably doesn't fall
under that. The details hare here:
<
http://fedora.redhat.com/about/trademarks/guidelines/>
You're definitely going to want to consult a lawyer. Preferably one familiar
with open source.
Watch out for the licenses and other legal issues with those "maybe" apps.
And x86_64 already does include 32-bit backwards-compatibility stuff.
*) As far as Look'n'Feel go, would there be problems if the
default
desktop settings are changed a bit (theme, icon set, color schemes)?
Same.
*) Even though Fedora does not ship with them, could we be able to
deliver the built systems with all necesary drivers, provided a
warning in the manual that stated the drivers are not part of the
distro DVD the customers will get, with instructions on how to get
them and install them?
The trademark guidelines would apply again. But also, it would depend on the
licensing terms of the drivers, too.
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