Hello Steve and *, Am 2007-04-18 03:39:58, schrieb Steve Langasek: > Er, businesses selling t-shirts using the official debian logo is *not* > permitted. Currently, the manner in which this is being disallowed is > suboptimal, but it's still not something that we *permit*. (Perhaps what > you're suggesting is that t-shirt manufacturers don't have to get permission > because we have a mark in the field of computers/software, not in the field > of clothing; but if what's being sold is Debian-related clothing, it's still > the Debian mark that's being used, and it is infringement that we have > standing to prevent.)
Now I am a little bit confused, since if Debian does not permit the use
of the Logo, why does some/many shops sell Coffe-Mugs and T-Shirts with
Debian Logo and phrases related to Debian?
> Further, it's up to *Debian* to decide what uses of the logo reflect badly
> on it and consequently should be disallowed because we don't wish to be
> associated with them. Your above statement includes an implicit value
> judgement about which sorts of activities Debian will or will not wish to be
> associated with, which may not be at all representative of the views of the
> project members at large.
Unfortunatly you can use Logos anzthing you like in Germany...
The is a Product called "Dasch Ultra" and it was transformed to "Hash Ultra"
:-) , Henkel, the Manufacturer of this Soap has lost the juridical
procedure... Even if the Graphical Logo was trademaked
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
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Tamay Dogan Network
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