On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 11:33 AM Pamela Chestek <[email protected]> wrote: > > IMO, a requirement that a logo be included is not an additional restriction > permitted by the GPLv3. Under Section 7(b), it is not a "legal notice" (a > trademark is not a notice, it's branding) or an "author attribution" > (copyright authorship and branding are entirely different things). It is > effectively the opposite of what Sections 7(c), (d) and (e) permit, forcing > the misrepresentation of the product if someone has modified the code (the > logo indicates that the product is the authentic original software but it may > not be if it's been modified), it is forcing using a name for publicity > purposes, and it is requiring the use of a trademark, not prohibiting it. >
IANAL, but it's effectively an advertising clause, though I'm not sure if it's part of the license of the code or the name. The GPL specifically doesn't cover licensing the name itself, so trademark rules can be whatever. -- 真実はいつも一つ！/ Always, there's only one truth! _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
