DFSG-free relicensing of the Debian logo(s) - DONE
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 05:36:04PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: The actual relicensing shall be done by SPI (as copyright owner) and has not happened yet. But it should happen during the next SPI board meeting, scheduled for September 13th, 2012. The above has now happened. SPI resolution is at: http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2012/2012-09-07.rtb.1/ Yesterday I've committed the change to the licensing information at: http://www.debian.org/logos/ the change is now live. If you're working on Debian artworks or the like, feel free to start using the official logo in them. Assuming that it will be DFSG-free RSN is now a safe bet. You should just avoid claiming that it is *already* free until my final announcement here (after September 13th). For the -desktop people, I've reviewed the content of the desktop-base package, and it seems that none of the new themes uses the debian label, so there should be no need to change them at all. But if you didn't use the debian label for licensing reason, you still have a to add it (to be verified with the package maintainer and release team for unblock reasons, though). The spacefun team does use a debian label, typeset in the non-official typeface, though. If you want to update it to use the official typeface, you do have a chance to do so now (under similar constraints than above). Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Debian Project Leader . . . . . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club » signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: DFSG-free relicensing of the Debian logo(s) - DONE
* Stefano Zacchiroli lea...@debian.org [121001 10:39]: On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 05:36:04PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: If you're working on Debian artworks or the like, feel free to start using the official logo in them. Assuming that it will be DFSG-free RSN is now a safe bet. You should just avoid claiming that it is *already* free until my final announcement here (after September 13th). For the -desktop people, I've reviewed the content of the desktop-base package, and it seems that none of the new themes uses the debian label, so there should be no need to change them at all. But if you didn't use the debian label for licensing reason, you still have a to add it (to be verified with the package maintainer and release team for unblock reasons, though). The spacefun team does use a debian label, typeset in the non-official typeface, though. If you want to update it to use the official typeface, you do have a chance to do so now (under similar constraints than above). What is the trademark situation of the official logo? I was under the impression that is still only to be used for Debian proper so isn't the use of the official logo in themes quite problematic for derivatives that do not derivate enough to change the themes? Bernhard R. Link -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121001101404.gc16...@client.brlink.eu
ditching the official use logo?
Note for those who have never looked into this: the official use logo is the one with the bottle. Its license is non-free, fairly restrictive, and only allows usage after some official vetting by Debian, in various forms. On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 12:14:04PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: What is the trademark situation of the official logo? I was under the impression that is still only to be used for Debian proper so isn't the use of the official logo in themes quite problematic for derivatives that do not derivate enough to change the themes? I haven't touched (nor looked into) the official logo. My impression is that that that logo is massively underused and basically unknown to most of our public out there. My personal take on it is that we should simply ditch it, focusing on a single logo (the open use one) with a DFSG-free license, that we do now have. Cheers. -- Stefano Zacchiroli . . . . . . . z...@upsilon.cc . . . . o . . . o . o Maître de conférences . . . . . http://upsilon.cc/zack . . . o . . . o o Debian Project Leader . . . . . . @zack on identi.ca . . o o o . . . o . « the first rule of tautology club is the first rule of tautology club » signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: ditching the official use logo?
On Mon, Oct 01, 2012 at 12:27:37PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: Note for those who have never looked into this: the official use logo is the one with the bottle. ... My personal take on it is that we should simply ditch it, focusing on a single logo (the open use one) with a DFSG-free license, that we do now have. I don't object against ditching the logo with the bottle. I don't object against keeping it around either. Maybe if people want to keep it around for nostalgic reasons it can be kept available on the website as the former official logo with a nice story about its history or so. Regards, Bart Martens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121001104009.gc3...@master.debian.org
Re: ditching the official use logo?
On Mon, October 1, 2012 12:27, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: I haven't touched (nor looked into) the official logo. My impression is that that that logo is massively underused and basically unknown to most of our public out there. My personal take on it is that we should simply ditch it, focusing on a single logo (the open use one) with a DFSG-free license, that we do now have. I agree with the idea of discontinuing the 'official use' logo (remove it from the logo page and/or moving it to the 'other promotional images' section), but not before relicensing it to the same free terms as the 'open use' logo. This would mean that any remaining existing use is hereby sanctioned under the broader terms, or that someone who finds a use for it may to so under free conditions. Cheers, Thijs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/67cac4a3ff8e39315e4f5c7ee6025e4c.squir...@aphrodite.kinkhorst.nl
small business informational resource
Hi, About a month or so ago, I was doing some research on the presidential candidates and their position on small business and I came across your site. My resource addresses whether or not the candidates are looking out for small businesses - it's a non-partisan piece, just laying down the facts in a more accessible format. I think that you might enjoy checking it out. Let me know if you'd like to look over it and possibly include it among the other resources on bugs.debian.org! Thanks, Dan
