MJ Ray 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.
This was discussed on use.perl.oreg recently[1]. The bottom line is that TPF are just protecting their trademark - something that you have to do if you don't want to lose it. TPF have never refused use of the onion logo to any PM group who have asked. > The camel claims are http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/perl/usage/ Likewise, O'Reilly are protecting their trademark. And they are, in my experience, very happy for PM groups to use it. > 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?) Oh yes, this is an "official" group[2]. > Bad ORA! Bad TPF! Hurting your fans! Not hurting anyone actually. But feel free to have a knee-jerk reaction :) > Annoyed by this crap, Welcome to the real world. Cheers, Dave... [1] http://use.perl.org/~hex/journal/36678 [2] http://www.pm.org/groups/116.html _______________________________________________ BristolBathPM mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.bristolbath.org/mailman/listinfo/bristolbathpm
