* Ian Murdock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Lest this be misinterpreted, let me clarify that the DCC > group will abide by whatever Debian's trademark policy is. "My > response" has to do more with how that trademark > policy appears to be inconsistent with Debian's founding goals.
My response has more to do with trademark *law* and common courtesy than
about Debian's founding goals, or Debian's founder for that matter.
IANAL, of course.
Stephen
> Ian Murdock wrote:
> > 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
> >
> >
>
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