On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:38 PM, Brandon Lozza  wrote:


That's what i've been saying all day. It's only free software if you
change the name, in which case you may loose brand recognition.
Imagine if Linus forbid people from calling their OS Linux if they
didn't use the binaries provided by him.

Free software can require that you can change the name for any modifications you make and it still qualifies as free software.  If you are in doubt and want to ask FSF, go ahead.   Before you continue with this discussion, I strongly suggest you do that.

Rahul