[luau] Re: Which Distribution To Go With

[R. Scott Belford]

Warren Togami wrote:

>
>Don't worry about Fedora disappearing or Red Hat abandoning the
>community.  Everything in Fedora and even RH enterprise is still 100%
>Open Source Software.  They have not compromised Open Source principles
>in the name of corporate profit.
>
What would happen if, say in 5 years, that Red Hat was acquired by a 
competitor or underwent management changes that did not embrace the 
partnership with Fedora.  Would the Fedora name be held by the new 
company/management, or would it be released to the community?  Is there 
anything the company could do to inhibit the evolution of Fedora?  I 
think the project makes obvious sense for Red Hat, and the debian-like 
philosophy of package development is wise.  I am curious to know how it 
would withstand a takeover like the Novell purchase of Suse.

--scott