> We need to figure out the right licensing for something that is > effectively a logo. I will bring it up with lawyers; meanwhile, > what do you think?
As an example, as I don't know much about this regards when I licensed the Trisquel logo I followed the Debian terms: the image alone without text is under the GPL, and the image with the distro name is under this: Copyright © 2004 Rubén Rodríguez Pérez This logo or a modified version may be used by anyone to refer to the Trisquel project, but does not indicate endorsement by the project. We would appreciate that you make the image a link to http://trisquel.info/ if you use it on a web page. > One possibility that occurs to me is to license the copyright in a > very loose way, maybe even put it in the public domain, but use > trademark law to prevent abuses which involve the unmodified or > little-modified image. I know even less about the trademark law. Again as an example, the Trisquel logo is a registered trademark in Spain. That costs me 125€ a year and I highly doubt it is worth it, since the trademark office allows you to register what you want even if a mostly identical logo is already registered. It is the registered logo owner's duty to stop you, so you are protected in no practical way. Also, I don't know how having a logo registered in Spain affects to other countries. _______________________________________________ linux-libre mailing list [email protected] http://www.fsfla.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-libre
