Ok, this is most unexpected, so I'm going to have to take some time to consider my response. I can say with 100% certainty that a trademark policy more restrictive than the one adopted by Linus Torvalds for Linux isn't what the founder of this project had in mind.
-ian Stephen Frost wrote: > * Ian Murdock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >>Martin Michlmayr wrote: >> >>>* Ian Murdock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-07-24 07:25]: >>> >>> >>>>As always, feedback welcome. We're not trying to step on any toes. >>> >>>http://www.educ.umu.se/~bjorn/mhonarc-files/debian-announce/msg00083.html >> >>Thank you, I'm aware of this. :-) >> >>But I don't see anything in here that's incompatible with what >>we're doing--for one, this isn't a business (it's not even really a >>consortium, since there won't be any formal organization behind >>it--the best way to describe it is that it's an open-source project). > > > Sorry, it doesn't work that way. You said in the prior message that > it's not going to be called "Debian Core Consortium", that's good, as > whatever you call it *shouldn't* include the term "Debian" in it unless > you get an official submark of the "Debian" trademark from SPI. It's > possible that could be done but assuming you can just use the "Debian" > trademark in advertising, communication with the press, or as the name > of anything is wrong. > > I would *strongly* encourage you to figure out what name you *do* want > to use for this, encouarge that it *not* include the trademarked term > "Debian", or that you contact SPI regarding getting an official submark. > I would encourage SPI to contact their counsel regarding this and that > anyone involved in the creation of this new entity not be involved in > any decisions by SPI on if the submark should be granted. > > Thanks, > > Stephen -- Ian Murdock 317-578-8882 (office) http://www.progeny.com/ http://ianmurdock.com/ "A nerd is someone who uses a telephone to talk to other people about telephones." --Douglas Adams -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
