Fedora derivatives branding discussion

Jesse Keating jkeating at j2solutions.net
Thu Apr 20 18:09:02 UTC 2006


On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 20:03 +0200, Rudolf Kastl wrote:
> but just a question... what if i add a single package that isnt yet in
> extras nor core... am i not allowed to call it "based on fedora" with
> only minor changes that are documented in a clean way?
> with having a distro that is 99,9% fedora (e.g. a live cd... e.g. with
> distcc...) wouldnt it be still based on fedora from a pure technical
> point of view?
> How would i be able to call that live cd then? 

That is no longer based on Fedora.  That includes parts of Fedora, but
adds to it, and thus cannot be claimed to be Fedora.  Get the package in
Extras (;

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