Re: Debian logo DFSG-freeness

2003-08-27 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Steve Langasek wrote: > Note that under US trademark law, no use is so pathetic that it isn't > worth wasting your time on: if you're aware of an infringing use, and > you make no effort to enforce your trademark, this sets a legal > precedent that will come back to haunt you l

Re: Debian logo DFSG-freeness

2003-08-27 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Aug 27, 2003 at 01:40:43PM -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > Now, I have no clue how US copyright and trademark law interacts with > Sweden's trademark and copyright law... so a reasonable middle of the > road approach might be to ask them nicely to consider changing their > logo. > Alternativ

Re: Debian logo DFSG-freeness

2003-08-27 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Josselin Mouette wrote: > Alfie's post reminds me that I need clarification on some point: the > fact that the Debian logo, which is shipped within many of our packages, > is not DFSG-free. > It was already raised: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2001/debian-legal-200111

Re: Debian logo DFSG-freeness

2003-08-27 Thread MJ Ray
On 2003-08-27 18:23:49 +0100 Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Alfie's post reminds me that I need clarification on some point: the fact that the Debian logo, which is shipped within many of our packages, is not DFSG-free. I agree. This seems not to be free software, as it tries