On Mon, 13 Dec 2010, Dave Neary wrote:
Since we're linking GNU pages, this one seems more relevant to me:
http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html#Trademarks
Specifically:
"Similarly, the distribution itself may hold particular trademarks. It
is not a problem if modification requires removal of these trademarks,
as long as they can readily be removed without losing functionality."
And the paragraph before:
"In extreme cases, these restrictions may effectively render
the program nonfree. It is unfair for someone to ask you to
remove a trademark from modified code if that trademark is
scattered all throughout the original source. As long as the
practical requirements are reasonable, however, free system
distributions may include these programs, either with or
without the trademarks."
I.e. the software is non-free... but it's OK to include it
in a "free system distribution."
Can we now please leave the lawyering to the lawyers?
:-)
-gabriel
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