Re: Real names in a football game

2004-09-14 Thread Isaac Clerencia
On Tuesday 14 September 2004 22:47, David Schleef wrote: > Using team names (and especially team logos) is a good way to get > to the pointy end of a lawsuit. The names and logos are almost > certainly under trademark protection, and generally aggressively > guarded, since licensing names and logo

Re: Real names in a football game

2004-09-15 Thread Isaac Clerencia
On Wednesday 15 September 2004 11:56, Jacobo Tarrio wrote: > O Martes, 14 de Setembro de 2004 ás 22:18:46 +0200, Isaac Clerencia escribía: > I'd remove the names (i.e. change them to other, innocuous names) even > without asking as I know the answer beforehand. I've upl

Real names in a football game

2004-09-14 Thread Isaac Clerencia
Hi, I'm the maintainer of the bygfoot package. It is a football (soccer) simulator game, and currently it includes some "real player" names. I think this can be illegal (also team names?). I already have a version without player names ready to be uploaded, removing team names should take a lit

Fwd: Re: Bug#278474: mimetex: licensing issue

2004-11-09 Thread Isaac Clerencia
Hi, Debian legal folks. Can you help me a bit with this issue? --- Begin Message --- Hi, Your discussion was brought to my attention, so I thought I'd explain my reasoning regarding the paragraph in mimetex's gpl licensing terms (at http://www.forkosh.com/mimetex.html) which reads By using

Fwd: Bug#278474: mimetex: licensing issue

2004-11-09 Thread Isaac Clerencia
There are tons of programs using the GPL license without that special paragraph about age, so I think there should not be any problem, but anyway may be some of the Debian legal folks can help us. Best regards --- Begin Message --- Hi, Your discussion was brought to my attention, so I thou