Lewis Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would I be correct in saying that as long as copyright is not infringed, > it is fine to distribute art that is used as a trademark, as long as > you do not use it as a trademark. As a concrete example, if I were to > distribute 'foo Linux', that contained a package "debian-open-use-logo : > 'this is the Debian open-use logo; it is a trademark of debian'", this > would be fine as long as I did not use the logo to brand my distribution?
I think your general point is correct, but the concrete example is not fine at the moment, according to http://www.uk.debian.org/logos/ and the copyright statement shown there. This is a bug. > Also, is it not permissible to do something like 'This distribution is > derived from @Debian', much like the way many webservers have 'powered > by Apache'? Is it not only when you start misrepresenting ('passing > off') your software /as/ Debian that trademarks become an issue? That is my understanding of trademarks and that is another illustration of why stupid mixing up of copyright and trademarks is really a pain for promoting free software in a friendly way. Why do we want to have trademarks that hurt our friends? If www.debian.org.uk wants to sell debian, then fine - I only dislike them because they're now selling SuSE and "Linux" consultancy without making it clear they're not debian (at http://www.debian.org.uk/b2b/linux-support/ ) -- MJR/slef http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]