Steve Langasek dixit:
DFSG #8 is not an issue. DFSG #4 allows authors to require changed versions
of their software to be distributed under a different name. If the upstream
makes special allowances for Debian to use the name for modified versions,
this doesn't fail the DFSG, because everyone
On Fri, 2011-07-15 at 11:07 -0400, Mike O'Connor wrote:
When we are contacted by a owner of a trademark on which we believe we
are infringing, the safest thing for us to do legally is to cease all
use of the mark. The easiest thing for us to do is to ignore their
claim. We'll need to figure
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 11:26:02PM +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote:
We feel that it is infeasible for Debian to be in complete compliance
with the current GNOME trademark license. In our strict reading of this
license, the only way to be in full compliance would require us to
perform actions such
Joerg Jaspert wrote:
We feel that it is infeasible for Debian to be in complete compliance
with the current GNOME trademark license. [...]
OK, sorry if this is an old chestnut, but do we actually need a
licence in general? Is most of the use in Debian more than honest
description of the source
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:01:13 +0100 (BST), MJ Ray m...@phonecoop.coop wrote:
Joerg Jaspert wrote:
We feel that it is infeasible for Debian to be in complete compliance
with the current GNOME trademark license. [...]
OK, sorry if this is an old chestnut, but do we actually need a
licence in
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Mike O'Connor s...@debian.org wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:01:13 +0100 (BST), MJ Ray m...@phonecoop.coop wrote:
Joerg Jaspert wrote:
Is there a tension? Isn't it obvious that many Free Software related
marks are not themselves free software?
The way you
Mike O'Connor s...@debian.org writes:
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 13:01:13 +0100 (BST), MJ Ray m...@phonecoop.coop wrote:
OK, sorry if this is an old chestnut, but do we actually need a licence
in general? Is most of the use in Debian more than honest description
of the source of the software?
As
Hello world,
[ We got asked how the Debian project (and especially us as delegates
handling the archive) has handled trademarks in the past, and our
opinion on how restrictive Trademark licenses can (or not) lead to DFSG
freeness issues. This topic cooked up with the special example of the
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