Associating the Red Hat and Fedora brands?

[Francesco Ugolini]

2008/4/1, JoergSimon <jsimon at fedoraproject.org>:
> Am Montag, 31. März 2008 23:26:33 schrieb Greg DeKoenigsberg:
>
> > If, in splash screens for Fedora, we put a tasteful "sponsored by Red Hat"
>  > with the Shadowman logo somewhere small... how would you all feel about
>  > that?
>
>
> Let me answer with a mail i answered to Rahul with a reply from Paul Frields.
>  I understand it from the RedHat view. But i don´t like this idea!
>
>  cu Joerg
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> ---------- Messaggio inoltrato ----------
> From: "Paul W. Frields" <stickster at gmail.com>
> To: fedora-ambassadors-list at redhat.com
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:10:19 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Ambassadors] Re: Co-branding?
> On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 11:55 +0100, JoergSimon wrote:
>  > Am Mittwoch, 26. März 2008 11:18:33 schrieb Rahul Sundaram:
>  > > Branding is more concerned with marketing. Besides if ambassadors are
>  > > not subscribed to the marketing list, they are not following the
>  > > recommend procedure at
>  > >
>  > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors/Join
>  >
>  > yes
>  >
>  > > We don't
>  > > want to cross post either. Refer
>  > > http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2007-March/msg00007.ht
>  > >ml
>  >
>  > I know the guidelines very well! It was only to shift it to the people who
>  > must deal with the consequences of this issue.
>  > And if you want play this odd guideline game, then you must admit, we don´t
>  > want discuss the same topics again and again! (There are a lot more ... )
>  > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-marketing-list/2007-July/msg00086.html
>  >
>  > I want to stop this, because there was enough confusion in the past. And there
>  > are clear guidelines that we are not RedHat - and we don´t want.
>  >
>  > i will quote GregdeKoenigsberg:
>  >
>  > "The Fedora brand must evolve separately from Red Hat's brand. Fedora is very
>  > important to Red Hat, but Fedora is not Red Hat. It's really crucial to
>  > understand that distinction."
>  >
>  > so -1 again.
>
>  +1 to Joerg, and -1 to co-branding.
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