On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 at 23:28, Soren Stoutner <so...@debian.org> wrote: > > On Wednesday, August 28, 2024 1:54:54 PM MST Roberto A. Foglietta wrote: > > > Cloud you please clarify the licensing status of the icons (which is > > > separate > > > from any trademark issues)? > > > > Thanks for the question. The answer is simply: it does not matter. > > > > It does not matter for the project and its users as long as those > > images are used under "fair use" conditions. > > > > It does not matter for Debian because it is always better keeping the > > "main" repository above of any doubts. > > It matters for Debian in the sense that it alters how to package the program.
Nope. It is enough that the script that packages the software for Debian removes some files. That script can be shared in the project itself, or written by the Deabian package maintainer. Like this script that creates different files archives, oriented for different distributions: https://github.com/robang74/cloudflare-warp-gui-linux/commit/9df31b2351202abe6bd39ff83f89ea503dc81001 The created tarballs are not immediately suitable for being packaged in .deb format, but it helps. Anybody else should not check every single file on its own. However, a diligent Debian package maintainer will check every single file the first time (or supposing s/he does) that s/he integrates the package. The best is that the github project has an action associated to the versioning which creates packages automatically or a script that makes releases. The most important thing is that the project is self-consistent with this 'free' or 'orig' design. Otherwise, it should be considered a bug of the project, like this that I had to fix: https://github.com/robang74/cloudflare-warp-gui-linux/commit/69cc7ad24204dacb5fcf694bd89cda79abde816d The install.sh script fails because it was ignoring to check the 'orig' folder but -e was added into the shebang causing an interruption despite the '-f' option used for 'cp' command. On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 at 23:59, Francesco Poli <invernom...@paranoici.org> wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 14:36:08 +0200 Mihai Moldovan wrote: > > [...] > > Honestly, your best bet is to just use the GPL v2+ license for the > > logo as you already do for the source code. > > This is also my own recommendation: release the logo under the same > license terms as the rest of the software project (GPL-2+ in this case). It is your best bet or your recommendation BUT s/he asked about something like trademark protection. In this way you are selling YOUR wine, not the spirits s/he asked for. This is not customer service, it is evangelisation. The customer service is about understanding and fulfilling the user request, eventually offering an alternative. Like: you can go THIS way but if this way seems too complicated for you, then drop your expectations and go THAT way. You may argue that you are not paid for doing customer service but the difference between evangelization and customer service is NOT the money but listening to the people and letting them choose instead of bringing or pushing them in accepting OUR way. The bloodiest war in history happened because of such a *little* difference! ;-) Best regards,
