Yes, it is a good explanation. Thank you very much, Stefano. Best Franz
On Thu, 2012-02-23 at 13:19 +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:15:13PM +0100, Franz Gratzer wrote: > > If I get it right because of licensing issues with derivations we > > shouldn't use the logo with the usual "debian" on it. So we practically > > left with two options: > > > > 1) do not use the well known original type-design for writing "debian" > > or > > 2) do not use the name "debian" on our proposal-layouts at all. > > > > Am I right with this assumption? > > /me wears the DPL hat to answer this. > > Let's make the distinction between the status quo and what we hope to > have really soon now. > > > Status-quo > ---------- > > There is no problem in using the "DEBIAN" *name* in the forthcoming > Wheezy artworks. Using it there will be a perfectly legitimate use of > the name, both according to the current trademark policy and to the > tentative one we're working on (see below). > > There is however a problem in using the well known type-design for > writing "debian" (i.e. the lower part of the "with debian" logo that can > be seen at [1]). It is a copyright problem, because the license of that > logo (available at [1] as well) is not DFSG-free. This is a problem and > the reason why the Debian Squeeze theme used a different type-design for > the "debian" word. > > [1] http://www.debian.org/logos/ > > > Really soon now > --------------- > > We're discussing various trademark-related issues for the Debian > archive. As part of it, I'm confident we'll be able to relicense the > "with debian" logo under a DFSG-free license. > > That would allow people to use the "with debian" logo type-design for > Wheezy themes. I'm optimist by nature and I'm confident we can have that > done before the Wheezy release. It is not there yet, though. My > suggestion is to rely on the fat that it will happen, but it is still, > at present, a risky choice. > > > Hope this explains, > Cheers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
