Rebadging was more prevalent earlier when everything
had to appear to come
from the same company, but these days it is accepted that pieces come from
here and there.
Since the advent of the PC-clone industry, it is accepted that lots of
hardware items are "no-name", with no indication of who manufactured it,
where it was manufactured, and usually minimal or zero documentation
about the product.
(OK, some of this no-name stuff predates the PC-clone industry. Apple
][ clones in the Lasnerian mid-80's are also examples that comes to mind.)
Tim.