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Re:SUSE Preserves Choice in Enterprise Linux by Forking RHEL by PlutoIsAPlanet on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @07:35AM (#36679531)
The community has a large amount of experience with debranding RHEL. CentOS did it for decades.

If there is a left over of Red Hat branding, you'd have a hard time proving any kind of purposeful infringement.

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Re:SUSE Preserves Choice in Enterprise Linux by Forking RHEL by tyingq on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @07:37AM (#36679553)
I believe the idea is that RedHat will likely be more thorough with a commercial entity than they were with CentOS. Yes, I'm sure it's technically possible, but also possible they will get into some back-and-forth with RedHat.
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Re:SUSE Preserves Choice in Enterprise Linux by Forking RHEL by secureleaf on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @07:48AM (#36679656)
I wouldn’t be so certain. Oracle has been doing this for years with Oracle Linux.
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Re:SUSE Preserves Choice in Enterprise Linux by Forking RHEL by kriberg on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @01:48PM (#36684581)
Redhat debranded RHEL for CentOS. It was one of the things CentOS compalined about, so RedHat made it easier for them. Maybe it saved RedHat money overall by avoiding trademark protection (IANAL).
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