[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Steve Holden wrote: > > >>Far answers to this and all other (as far as I can determine) >>hypothetical questions please refer to the license. > > > But note that no OSI certified open source license will grant the right > to use a trademark. You gain trademark rights by having control over > the quality of the described quantity. If you give up control (which > the OSD requires), you cannot grant the right to use the trademark, or, > if you do, then you will lose the ability to enforce the trademark. > If by "the OSD" you are referring to the open source definition at
http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php there is nothing in there about trademarks referring to open source technology. Python is released under an OSI-approved license, but the Python Software Foundation owns and retains the rights to the Python trademark. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
