Re: Misuse of Debian logo for City Tourism

2008-08-03 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 10:04:07PM -0700, Claire Connelly wrote: There are 9624 registered U.S. trademark designs incorporating spirals.* Many of these are somewhat similar to one another; there are typically other elements (e.g., colors, wordmarks, number, arrangement) that differentiate

Re: Misuse of Debian logo for City Tourism

2008-08-02 Thread Claire Connelly
There are 9624 registered U.S. trademark designs incorporating spirals.* Many of these are somewhat similar to one another; there are typically other elements (e.g., colors, wordmarks, number, arrangement) that differentiate them from one another. Taking a step back, though, I don't see

Re: Misuse of Debian logo for City Tourism

2008-08-01 Thread C.M. Connelly
JS == Joe Smith SL == Steve Langasek On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 01:49:37PM -0400, Joe Smith wrote: JS Unfortunately, The Debian logo was made using a common JS peice of propreitary software. It consists of a pre-made JS brush stroke placed on a spiral. At least one message JS

Re: Misuse of Debian logo for City Tourism

2008-08-01 Thread Ben Finney
C.M. Connelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In most cases of ``infringement'', though, I wonder whether the exact logo has been copied (unlikely in most cases) or whether another designer has simply used the tool to create a broadly similar spiral with a roughly equivalent color and that's being

Re: Misuse of Debian logo for City Tourism

2008-07-26 Thread Joe Smith
Mauro Lizaur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Cyril Brulebois wrote: Will you please respond to my E-Mail ASAP. I am curious as to whether this promotion, for self-profit, is a valid use. I personally do not like the Debian GNU/Linux Logo being used for the profit,

Re: Misuse of Debian logo for City Tourism

2008-07-26 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 01:49:37PM -0400, Joe Smith wrote: Unfortunately, The Debian logo was made using a common peice of propreitary software. It consists of a pre-made brush stroke placed on a spiral. At least one message indicated that the spiral was created using basically the default

Misuse of Debian logo for City Tourism

2008-07-25 Thread Tim Heckman
Hello, I've been a long time user of Debian GNU/Linux, and I can recognize that logo anywhere. Well, I was watching a local news station, and noticed this commerical using the Debian GNU/Linux logo. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individualVideoID=24476641 Will you

Re: Misuse of Debian logo for City Tourism

2008-07-25 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Tim Heckman [EMAIL PROTECTED] (25/07/2008): I've been a long time user of Debian GNU/Linux, and I can recognize that logo anywhere. Well, I was watching a local news station, and noticed this commerical using the Debian GNU/Linux logo.

Re: Misuse of Debian logo for City Tourism

2008-07-25 Thread Mauro Lizaur
Cyril Brulebois wrote: Will you please respond to my E-Mail ASAP. I am curious as to whether this promotion, for self-profit, is a valid use. I personally do not like the Debian GNU/Linux Logo being used for the profit, and the profit of a city. One, that I will admit, lacks anything