Re: Debian logos and trademarks

2007-02-08 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 11:57:13PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Thu, 08 Feb 2007, Anthony Towns wrote: > > The DFSG refers to copyright licensing, it doesn't cover patents or > > trademarks. > It actually doesn't refer to any of them specifically. It does talk > about licensing, but it doesn't

Re: Debian logos and trademarks

2007-02-08 Thread MJ Ray
Anthony Towns wrote: > The DFSG refers to copyright licensing, it doesn't cover patents or > trademarks. I think the above is mistaken and I'd find it shocking if any DD who passed NM made it. It is easily shown not to be the case by checking http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines for

Re: Debian logos and trademarks

2007-02-08 Thread Bastian Venthur
Anthony Towns schrieb: > On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 10:03:52AM +0100, Bastian Venthur wrote: >> I have a question. If I understand you correctly you want to put the >> "official use" logo under the MIT license AND enforce it as an >> unregistered trademark so that someone can only use it if "we" (who?

Re: Debian logos and trademarks

2007-02-08 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Bastian Venthur said: > Anthony Towns schrieb: > > > > Having a restrictive trademark license prevents people from using > > confusingly similar logos, while a DFSG-free copyright license allows > > people to make derivatives as long as they're not confusingly similar.

Re: Debian logos and trademarks

2007-02-08 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 07:16:54PM +0100, Bastian Venthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "someone can only use it if we authorize it" Actually, this is not exactly true. *Some* uses of it may require authorization, depending on trademark laws. Note that, for example, if you modify the logo enough t

Danke für Etch * Thanks for Etch* Merci pour Etch

2007-02-08 Thread nico
Liebe DebianerInnen, ich möchte mich schon mal für 'Etch' bedanken und ein dickes DICKES Lob aussprechen. Danke an alle, die ihre Zeit, Arbeit und Liebe in des Projekt stecken. Ich finde, man merkt hier, zu was freiwillige Arbeit fähig ist und was das bedeutet. Wie ich im debianforum.de schon

Re: Danke fü r Etch * Thanks for Etch* Merci pour Etch

2007-02-08 Thread Alexander Schmehl
[ nice mail, attempt of a translation for non german speakers follows ] * nico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070208 20:03]: > Liebe DebianerInnen, > [..] Dear Debianists and Debianistas, I would like to thank you in advance for 'Etch'. Kudos to you. Thanks to everyone who give their time, work and love