Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The charta of the association may need to be approved by Debian > (DPL should be sufficient) due to the "Debian" trademark. However, > since it is used descriptively, this may not be required.
Exactly. It's a similar situation, in trademark terms, to the DCC Alliance. Same public standard should be applied to both. [...] > > that they should not be allowed to spend money donated to the Debian > > Project without approval of the DPL/Debian. > > I guess that legally this is not possible. In several countries it > is not possible for charities / non-profit associations to do earmarking > of donations which SPI is doing. [...] In England, it's not only possible, but charities are advised to do something similar, called restricted donations in the Charity Commission Statement of Recommended Practice. DUS is hoping not to register as a charity and its constitution doesn't require it to be non-profit, last I knew. (Hey, I once ran a business that made a loss: could I have renamed it debian?) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]