Co-branding?

[Máirín Duffy]

Máirín Duffy wrote:
> Jeroen van Meeuwen wrote:
>> We've already spend lots of effort getting rid of the widely spread 
>> prejudice of being Red Hat's pre-enterprise private little playground 
>> project or distribution, and explaining that we're actually a 
>> community powered project instead (Yes, sponsored by Red Hat. Yes, 
>> upstream to Red Hat's Enterprise Linux product *and proud of it, might 
>> I add*).
>>
>> I'm not even sure we actually did get rid of that prejudice entirely. 
>> It may still exist in some people's heads.
>>
>> Anyway, correctly and fully exposing how Fedora is related to Red Hat, 
>> and how that works for both the community and Red Hat, with mere 
>> mortals on the one side, and business customers on the other, is way 
>> more important then getting the long-term users back on board because 
>> they missed out on Red Hat renaming the free/gratis distribution to 
>> Fedora, making Red Hat their Enterprise product.
>>
>> Honestly, I don't think it's our problem someone missed out on all 
>> this  back in the day. If they're really interested / valuable as 
>> contributors, it'll come naturally. If not, it'll still come naturally 
>> with the work of our Ambassadors and thanks to other exposure.
> 
> Dell has provided Fedora with some resources so we have their logo up in 
> spots, I think on some of the 404 pages and elsewhere, to give them 
> credit for helping Fedora out.
> 
> Doesn't Red Hat deserve some kudos for helping Fedora out as well...?

Just to clarify - I don't mean co-branding as putting the Red Hat brand 
at the same level as the Fedora brand. No way. But listing Red Hat as a 
sponsor of the project, just as we would list any other sponsor, seems 
fair and appropriate to me personally.

(full disclosure: I do work for Red Hat, but I wouldn't let that 
influence an opinion like this)

~m