Stephen Frost wrote: > * Thomas Viehmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >>Maybe it would be great to come up with something that can be used by >>everyone interested. I'm thinking along the lines granting a license to >>use "Debian derived" as part of the name for products / efforts to >>create products derived from Debian, so that "Debian derived trusted >>Gnu/Linux" or "Consortium for a Debian derived core" would be covered. >>OK, now it's time to admit that I'm not a marketing expert and the >>examples offered do suck, but maybe it's a good idea. After all, we do >>like derived distros to reference Debian... > This sounds like something reasonable to do in terms of a trademark > policy but there's a couple problems with it. If 'Debian derived' > actually falls under trademark requirements at all (I'm not sure it > does) and, if it does, then people still need to ask Debian/SPI for an > official submark before using it. Basically, that kind of a policy is > fine, but doesn't remove the need for Debian/SPI to protect its > trademarks. Well, my idea was that it might be nice to have some general license (similar in spirit but likely not as liberal as free software license) for a submark to offer something to people deriving Debian and not create too much burden. Note that above proposal would not cover t-shirts, travel agencies and whatnot, so it might be more restrictive, but easier and cheaper than LMI (and charging 200 Euros/year to nonprofits seems very undesirable).
Kind regards T. -- Thomas Viehmann, http://thomas.viehmann.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
