* Thomas Viehmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050725 22:32]: > Stephen Frost wrote: > > * Thomas Viehmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >>Maybe it would be great to come up with something that can be used by > >>everyone interested. I'm thinking along the lines granting a license to > >>use "Debian derived" as part of the name for products / efforts to > >>create products derived from Debian, so that "Debian derived trusted > >>Gnu/Linux" or "Consortium for a Debian derived core" would be covered. > >>OK, now it's time to admit that I'm not a marketing expert and the > >>examples offered do suck, but maybe it's a good idea. After all, we do > >>like derived distros to reference Debian... > > This sounds like something reasonable to do in terms of a trademark > > policy but there's a couple problems with it. If 'Debian derived' > > actually falls under trademark requirements at all (I'm not sure it > > does) and, if it does, then people still need to ask Debian/SPI for an > > official submark before using it. Basically, that kind of a policy is > > fine, but doesn't remove the need for Debian/SPI to protect its > > trademarks.
> Well, my idea was that it might be nice to have some general license > (similar in spirit but likely not as liberal as free software license) > for a submark to offer something to people deriving Debian and not > create too much burden. Just that trademark law is even more braindamaged and would make it at least quite difficult to make such a general license. Cheers, Andi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]