On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 02:36:52PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: > * Bruce Perens ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > The userlinux project has been approached by the Linux Mark Institute > > with a demand for money in order to make use of the "Linux" trademark. > > Said demand would also apply to the Debian project. I believe their > > terms to be non-DFSG-compliant. See http://www.linuxmark.org/ . Debian > > has made historicial use of the mark GNU/Linux and has a right to > > continue to do so.
> I'm not entirely sure that what Debian does wouldn't fall under the
> "descriptive use" concept. "Debian GNU/Linux" is more like "Debian for
> GNU/Linux" than "DebianLinux". Personally I couldn't care less about
> removing "GNU/Linux" from the 'name' of the Debian product (not that I'm
> entirely sure I'd even consider it part of the name, but whatever).
> That would seem to alliviate this issue regardless.
> Of course, other alternatives would be to ask if they'd let us have a
> license without the costs, given that we're a not-for-profit, etc.
Non-Profit Tier
Annual Fee – US$200/year for each SUBLICENSEE MARK incorporating the
SUBLICENSED TRADEMARK
Applicable to
* Not-for-profit entities registered under applicable law.
<http://www.linuxmark.org/forms/linux_licence_doc.html#Check1>
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Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer
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