Re: Question about icons related to a trademark in a package

[Fabio Fantoni]

Il 23/12/2025 19:38, Francesco Poli ha scritto:

On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:47:10 +0100 Fabio Fantoni wrote:

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And would the copyright part I tried to do be correct?

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In addition to what Soren has already commented about trademark laws, I
would like to point out that stating "License: CC0-1.0" for that icon
does not look correct to me.

First of all, the [icon] on SVG repo states "LICENSE: PD License",
which is not exactly CC0-v1.0 ...
The [explanation] of "PD License" (a very misleading tag, by the
way...) on SVG repo says that the author has waived his/her rights
under copyright law to the extend allowed by law, or that the work is
not eligible ("ineligable" looks like a typo, I think the text meant
"eligible") for copyright.

[icon]: <https://www.svgrepo.com/svg/513083/windows-174>
[explanation]: <https://www.svgrepo.com/page/licensing/#PD>

Well, public domain is difficult and varies wildly across
jurisdictions, so beware!
Please also read [section] 7.1.1 "Public domain" of the
Machine-readable debian/copyright file specification (version 1.0):
please explain why that icon should be considered in the public domain.

[section]: 
<https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/#license-short-name>


I hope this helps.
Season's greetings!

Thanks for your replies, I wrote CC0-1.0 because on https://www.svgrepo.com/page/licensing/#PD I found:

/(As visual work) This license also might be referred as No copyright or CC0 1.0 Universal PD Dedication on our website./

this can be correct?

Files: icons/symbolic/xsi-applications-wine-symbolic.svg
Copyright: none
License: public-domain
 SVG Repo lists this icon under "PD License", indicating the author has
 waived copyright to the extent allowed by law. The icon is used solely
 for referential purposes to indicate Windows platform compatibility.
 .
 Note: Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
 Use of this icon does not imply endorsement by Microsoft.
 .
 Source: https://www.svgrepo.com/svg/513083/windows-174

I don't know how else to do it.

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