[free-software-melb] GNU FDL and software freedom (was: Conflict between software freedom and trademark restrictions)

2013-07-20 Thread Ben Finney
Adam Bolte abo...@systemsaviour.com writes: Given that the Debian project rejects the GNU Free Documentation License from main - a stance which I strongly disagree with I'm surprised by that. Both because that gets the facts wrong, and because you support the non-free FDL. The FDL is not a

[free-software-melb] Debian social contract and software freedom (was: Conflict between software freedom and trademark restrictions)

2013-07-20 Thread Ben Finney
Adam Bolte abo...@systemsaviour.com writes: Given that the Debian project rejects [some works under] the GNU Free Documentation License from main - a stance which I strongly disagree with - I'm surprised they consider trademarks at all for the same kind of reasoning. As for the Debian

Re: [free-software-melb] Debian social contract and software freedom

2013-07-20 Thread Glenn McIntosh
On 21/07/13 13:02, Ben Finney wrote: But those either ignore or punt the issue to trademark. The question still remains: what restrictions on the freedom of any recipient are acceptable in exchange for preventing the societal harms trademark law is designed to address? I'm not convinced that