[chucker8]

Hi all, new to the forum...love it!


I understand that to redistribute Redhat, I must exclude the redhat-release-9-3.i386.rpm package. From what I can find - this package just installs the /etc/redhat-release file.I try to remove this package - but I get this error:

Failed dependencies: /etc/redhat-release is needed by (installed) initscripts-7.14-1

I can't uninstall the initscripts package - because it contains the basic system scripts used to boot your Red Hat system, change runlevels, and shut the system down cleanly...etc.


Is there a way I can get around the licensing issue (for redistributing RedHat) without removing the redhat-release package. Or is there a workaround.

Thanks very much!

[linuxphile]

Sure you can get the src rpm for the initscripts edit the source and then rebuild the rpm. I do believe you have oversimplified the ability to redistribute Redhat. It's my understanding that you have to remove EVERY mention of Redhat from the system or you are liable for Trademark infringement. Redhat relies on trademarks more so than they do copyright protection to keep their software from being Redistributed. If this is an Enterprise product you are working with I would recommend looking at CentOS because they are already doing this.

[Squashman]

Are you trying to do what CentOS is doing.
http://www.centos.org/