On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:20 PM, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://perl.bristolbath.org/tshirt/front.png >> http://perl.bristolbath.org/tshirt/back.png > > Actually, this just came up over on http://lists.debian.org/debian-perl/ > > That t-shirt back may be infringing the Perl Foundation's trademark. > See http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl_trademark for their claims. > > The camel claims are http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage/ > > So, the widely-used perl emblems are non-free software and maybe even > usuable for this group's T-shirts! (Is it an official TPF Perl > Mongers group, whatever that means?) > > Bad ORA! Bad TPF! Hurting your fans!
It's not bad anyone. They're protecting trademarks which they are _legally_ required to do. In practice, all you need to do is ask permission from ORA/TPF when you have the final design and they'll rubberstamp it. It's lightweight. No need to get het up about it. P > > Annoyed by this crap, > -- > MJ Ray (slef) > Webmaster for hire, statistician and online shop builder for a small > worker cooperative http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ > (Notice http://mjr.towers.org.uk/email.html) tel:+44-844-4437-237 > _______________________________________________ > BristolBathPM mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm > _______________________________________________ BristolBathPM mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm
