Alessandro Rubini <rub...@arcana.linux.it> writes: > > [...] "The comapny Logo was created by photoshop and Logo software, > > we desgined it from the stretch. if you have somethins to say, give > > us a call." > > Unfortunately, they may be right and in good faith.
Right. But that may not matter, since (unlike copyright) the derivation of an image is not AFAIK relevant for trademark violation; what matters is whether the image is confusingly similar to an existing trademark. > This message confirms the swirl is just one of the defaults: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/06/msg00340.html > > [which, may I say, was quite a naive choice for such an important > distro] Yes, it would have been better to present an image that wasn't so trivially duplicated by independent users of that image program. But it's a burden to be borne now. -- \ “The double standard that exempts religious activities from | `\ almost all standards of accountability should be dismantled | _o__) once and for all.” —Daniel Dennett, 2010-01-12 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87lj4d5e2d....@benfinney.id.au
