Richard,
On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 05:51:05PM +0200, Richard Hartmann wrote:
> For b), with my trademark team hat on, I don't see any issues even if
> the organisation does not become a TO. As Brian disagrees and Joe has
> not chimed in, we are tied within the trademark team as of right now.
> We d
Dear Lucas,
there have been discussions about the status of the DebConf 15 legal
entity and its status towards Debian.
The two points of contention are
a) handling Debian's money
b) potentially carrying "Debian" in the name of said legal entity, as
in "Debian Deutschland e.V." instead of "DebCon
also sprach Brian Gupta [2014-04-25 12:42 +0200]:
> Well, typically we have, and will want to continue clearing donations
> from many repeat sponsors through a long term TO, like SPI.
Sure. I am talking mostly about German sponsors who have not
sponsored in the past, or who are agile in this way
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 4:32 PM, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Brian Gupta [2014-04-24 21:29 +0200]:
>> Unless I am misunderstanding something, I don't think DE-based
>> sponsors team members will be approaching companies with the name
>> of the local clearing organization, and it's likely
also sprach Richard Hartmann [2014-04-25 10:03
+0200]:
> The more I think about it, the more I think the Debian name helps find
> sponsors.
Is this to be read as official permission from the trademarks team
that we could use the name Debian for the intended purpose?
--
.''`. martin f. kraff
On Apr 25, 2014 12:56 AM, "Michael Banck" wrote:
> However, if there are serious reservation about "Debian Deutschland" and
> using the Debian trademark from the rest of the team (as Brian brought
> up), it might make sense to go with "Debconf Deutschland", but I don't
> mind either way.
Just fo
