On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 19:20, Bernhard R. Link <brl...@debian.org> wrote: > * Benoīt Knecht <benoit.kne...@fsfe.org> [110606 11:57]: >> I had a look at these, and I'm pretty sure they're not eligible for >> copyright protection (a white 'N' on a blue background is not nearly >> creative enough). So I don't think there's a problem there; the license >> header should just be corrected to state that there's no copyright on >> this particular logo. What do you think? > > Removing the copyright notice is extremly dangerous. It's the only thing > universally forbidden even before the copyright-mafia successfully lobbied > for more in many countries. > > So ideally the copyright holder would have to do it (or at least the one > having written the copyright notice), but then it is easier to just add > some permissive license to it. > > Also note that the "not eligible for copyright" is a very hard question > if looking at more than one country. Ironically the most problematic > countries might be those that have historically high requirements on > creativity for work to be protected (as the general "needs creativity" > rule has to be lifted for software in order to have any commercial > software to be eligible) > > Bernhard R. Link >
I've have had an discussion with upstream Justin Maggard (added as cc), and following is what his legal department says: >Here's what I got from the legal dept: > >"We consider the NETGEAR image to be copyrighted property of NETGEAR. >The image's binary blob does not contain any GPL code and is not >licensed under any software license. Permission has been granted for >the free distribution of these images with the MiniDLNA software >application." > >Just thinking about this stuff makes my head hurt. :) If it makes you >more comfortable, feel free to rip out the NETGEAR images from your >tree. Regarding the Tux image, it's hard for me to image it being an >issue, since the Linux kernel has been embedding it for years. > >-Justin -- Carl Fürstenberg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/banlktik5c1vyz_vhzzruwsgs9aef+yz...@mail.gmail.com
