Their FAQ has a "why is distributing our images illegal" section.
Not sure why that would mean hating users, distributing modified software while keeping their trademarks is always a no-no, at least with Linux it's possible to just rebrand (which these guys don't want to do).
I guess they could ask to merge their stuff upstream and get away from these roundabout ways.
- Archlinux has clear trademark policies that allows you to distribute derived product as long as it is not done with a commercial intent.
- Ubuntu policies mention asking them for permission, I guess Eupnea just didn't bother.
- Debian trademark policy do not mention derived work, my wild guess is it would be allowed as they say you can use their trademark to promote debian and distributing a lightly modified version that works on more devices looks to me like promoting debian work. In doubt I would still ask.
- Pop!OS do not have a public trademark policy, so Eupnea would have to ask.
- Fedora trademark says you can do it if you are using their secondary mark: Fedora Remix. And they facilitiates this with the existence of 3 packages generic-logos, generic-release, and generic-release-notes that need to replace fedora-logos, fedora-release, and fedora-release-notes packages in your distro (you can also do your own derivatives). Not a huge deal.
So basically Eupnea is lying. They just don't want to bother. In 1 or 2 cases, it is clear that it can distribute it as is, in 2 cases it needs to ask permission before arguing it is or not possible and in the last case they can distribute it as is but need to advertise it differently (fedora remix instead of fedora and replacing 3 packages).
