William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why not include the McDonald's logo or a picture of a McDonald's > hamburger? I'd like to include that on my website. > > How are these different?
They're not. Look! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1312774.stm There's one now. It's perfectly fine to use logos or names of companies. They don't get to take the word out of the English language, or the image out of our visual library, by using it in trade. They merely get to enforce certain rules on behalf of the public -- which are there to prevent confusion, not to stamp out any mention of them. A clip art library like this is a perfect example of where it's just fine to use images of common objects: it's message-free. Nobody will think that General Motors has endorsed this package or this OS because there's a picture of a Humvee in there. Rather, somebody who wants to use a picture of a Humvee in some other document will pick up this image and use it. He might violate their trademarks -- say by proclaiming that he is selling Humvees when actually selling Pintos. But that's got nothing to do with Debian, and he'd be doing so whether or not this clip art were nearby. -Brian -- Brian Sniffen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]