On Sun, 10. Aug 16:41 Calinou <cali...@openmailbox.org> wrote: > But, isn't it non-free anyway? Since you can't modify and distribute > it like you would distribute something under public domain or GPL, > as the permission is exclusive.
Apparently you are confusing trademark with copyright. A trademark is "a recognizable sign, design or expression which identifies products or services of a particular source from those of others." Debian is a registered trademark too and has also a trademark policy that restricts the usage of Debian's logos, signs or name to certain conditions. https://www.debian.org/trademark That doesn't make Debian non-free. There are also many other open-source projects that have a similar trademark policy and they are not considered non-free by the Debian community. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_trademarked_open-source_software You can use Neverball in full compliance with the GPL and since Github has given permission to use its trademark in-game there is absolutely no reason to remove the octocat ball from the game. > It may also be seen as encouraging usage of GitHub. This may be your opinion but it is irrelevant for the issue at hand.
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