shift Shift Linux Name License Approved by Linux Mark Institute

[Barney T. Administrators]

Just to be clear, Shift and Shift Linux is licensed and approved by The Linux Mark Institute. The approval was obtained by me and is posted here:

LMI has reviewed your application to use the mark "Shift Linux,

Shift" and, based on the information you provided to us, we have

approved it for sublicensing.

Sublicense number: 20061107-0027

Linux Sublicense Version: v2.0

Issuance date: 11/9/06 23:12:23 UTC

Statement of goods/services:

Goods:

Neowin's Shift Linux is designed to give the user an experience of

being part of the Neowin community as well as having a simple,

easy-to-use Live CD that can be installed to your hard drive, if

you enjoy the way our distribution works. Shift is a free,

GPL-based Linux distribution that can be freely distributed or

modified. There are no restrictions with Shift.

Shift Linux is a project that was created by the Neowin community

(https://www.neowin.net). Based on Morphix Linux, Shift is Debian

based, therefore it has access to all of the software and

applications as other Debian distributions.

As we developed Shift, we decided to produce different versions of

Shift for computers with lighter or more robust hardware

configurations. We have produced Shift with Fluxbox as the

predominant desktop manager, and Shift with Gnome, for heartier

machines. We will also add a version that gives the user the

opportunity continue to add different desktop managers as time goes

on.

The project team consists of members with a wide variety of

experiences and talents. Each has contributed in his / her own way.

Whether team members have worked on the distribution itself, or the

Shift website, their efforts have been dedicated to creating this

quality product.

Services:

We will help users with forums and How-Tos on our website. This is

not a "money making" service. It is purely voluntary from the team

members who built shift Linux.

This Sublicense is perpetual subject to the terms of the Linux

Sublicense Agreement, which can be reviewed at www.linuxmark.org.

Under the terms, among other things you will need to notify us if

you cease using the Sublicensee Mark or if you want to apply for

another use of the Linux mark. Please also remember to provide

proper attribution as required in the Sublicense.

To notify LMI of a change in sublicensee's address or any other

factors affecting the terms of the Sublicense agreement, including

those noted above, please email lmi_app@linuxmark.org or write to:

LMI Oregon LLC

12725 SW Millikan Way

Suite 400

Beaverton, OR 97005

United States of America

Please feel free to contact us with any questions about your

sublicense or LMI's licensing program at lmi_app@linuxmark.org.

Thank you for participating in LMI's licensing program, and for

your commitment to the Linux trademark.

LMI Applications Administrator

www.linuxmark.org

I have granted the name Shift be allowed for this project and only this project. As everyone can read, this is approved as a Neowin community project and should be used as such. To have more than one project with the Shift name would be confusing and difficult for the public (and distributors) to understand. Anyone who uses Shift without LMI's express permission is subject to prosecution under their licensing laws. If the current project uses Arch, we'll need to modify the license to reflect that change.

I just wanted to make this clear to everyone.

Thanks!