Re: [URGENT] Logo license

1999-04-05 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Gordon Matzigkeit wrote: > Why not simply: > > Copyright (C) 1999 Software in the Public Interest > Verbatim copying and distribution of this logo is permitted in any > medium, provided this notice is preserved. That doesn't really work, since we want people to be able to take t

Re: [URGENT] Logo license

1999-04-05 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Aron Fielder wrote: > My next point isn't really a legal point. But there doesn't seem to be a > small logo for use on web pages which say 'Powered by Debian' like some > of the other distributions But we could easily modify the liberal logo for that. In fact anyone can modify it to add

Re: [URGENT] Logo license

1999-04-05 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Dale Scheetz wrote: > On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > `official license' > > == > > I. may only be used if: > >a) the product it is used for is made using a documented procudere we > > make (for example official CD-creation) > >b) if we give

Re: [URGENT] Logo license

1999-02-28 Thread Aron Fielder
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Anthony Towns writes Hello, I'm not sure where this mail will go, but let's see what happens. >This ought to be able to be *really* freely used -- to advertise Debian >compatability for WordPerfect, to advertise printers and laptops that >work with Debian, to adve

Re: [URGENT] Logo license

1999-02-27 Thread Christian Leutloff
Chris Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Christian Leutloff wrote: > > Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > `liberal license' > > > = > > > I. Can be used by everyone > > > II. May not be used to advertise non-free products > > > Why shouldn't a commercial compa

Re: [URGENT] Logo license

1999-02-27 Thread Chris Waters
Christian Leutloff wrote: > Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > `liberal license' > > = > > I. Can be used by everyone > > II. May not be used to advertise non-free products > Why shouldn't a commercial company says "Yes it runs with Debian" or > "It's a Debian based

Re: [URGENT] Logo license

1999-02-27 Thread Christian Leutloff
Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > `liberal license' > = > I. Can be used by everyone > II. May not be used to advertise non-free products Why shouldn't a commercial company says "Yes it runs with Debian" or "It's a Debian based product" and use the Debian logo for thi

Re: [URGENT] Logo license

1999-02-26 Thread John Hasler
Gordon Matzigkeit writes: > Liberal: > Copyright (C) 1999 Software in the Public Interest > Verbatim copying and distribution of this logo is permitted in any > medium, provided this notice is preserved. That seems quite sufficient. > Official: I see no need for this at all. -- John Hasler

Re: [URGENT] Logo license

1999-02-26 Thread Phillip R. Jaenke
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > I'm afraid I've let this linger way to long... People: we need > logo licenses, and soon! Aye, I've noticed. *scribbles in notebook more and more* I need more hours in the day! AGH! ;P > I propose we start by det

Re: [URGENT] Logo license

1999-02-26 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > > I'm afraid I've let this linger way to long... People: we need > logo licenses, and soon! > > I propose we start by determining what will be (dis)allowed in the > licenses and then write it up properly. > > How about this for a simple start: > >

Re: [URGENT] Logo license

1999-02-26 Thread James A. Treacy
On Fri, Feb 26, 1999 at 08:52:51AM -0600, Gordon Matzigkeit wrote: > > WA> `official license' > WA> I. may only be used if: a) the product it is used for is made > WA> using a documented procudere we make (for example official > WA> CD-creation) b) if we give approval for its use > > WA> II.

Re: [URGENT] Logo license

1999-02-26 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
> Wichert Akkerman writes: WA> `liberal license' WA> I. Can be used by everyone WA> II. May not be used to advertise non-free products I, personally, would like to see the `liberal' logo be at least as free as verbatim copying without restriction. To me, it would suck if Debian's only rea

Re: [URGENT] Logo license

1999-02-26 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Feb 26, 1999 at 12:40:14PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > I'm afraid I've let this linger way to long... People: we need > logo licenses, and soon! > > How about this for a simple start: > > `liberal license' > = > I. Can be used by everyone > II. May not be used to adve