Re: Some questions about trademark, copyright and dfsg

2015-02-19 Thread Ángel González
2) As a way to get funding and money. If a commercial company wants to support an open source project by becoming sponsor and include their logo in the software (for instance in an about menu or in the map of a game). Their logo and name are obviously trademarked and copyrighted. If I

Re: Some questions about trademark, copyright and dfsg

2015-02-19 Thread Paul Wise
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:22 PM, Sam wrote: 1) If I have an free software/open source project and I register its logo and name as a trademark. It seems legit for several reasons - I want to promote and protect my brand. If someone modify the code it's fine but he or she should change the

Re: Some questions about trademark, copyright and dfsg

2015-02-19 Thread Ben Finney
samuncl...@gmail.com samuncl...@gmail.com writes: I'm a free software developer and I have several questions about dfsg, trademarks and copyright. Thank you for seriously considering the freedom of recipients of your software. 1) If I have an free software/open source project and I register

Re: Some questions about trademark, copyright and dfsg

2015-02-19 Thread Riley Baird
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 08:22:34 +0100 samuncl...@gmail.com samuncl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everyone I'm a free software developer and I have several questions about dfsg, trademarks and copyright. 1) If I have an free software/open source project and I register its logo and name as a