Hi SPI!
As per the thread on debian-project [0] I'm writing to request that SPI
relicense the Debian logos that they hold the copyright to [1] under the
MIT copyright license:
> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
> obtaining a copy of this s
* Bastian Venthur:
> See what I mean? Maybe I'm missing something obvious here, but isn't
> that a contradiction?
FWIW, I agree there is an apparent contradiction. In German legalese,
it's called "venire contra factum proprium" and can it make it
significantly harder (or even impossible) to succ
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 07:16:54PM +0100, Bastian Venthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> "someone can only use it if we authorize it"
Actually, this is not exactly true. *Some* uses of it may require
authorization, depending on trademark laws. Note that, for example, if
you modify the logo enough t
This one time, at band camp, Bastian Venthur said:
> Anthony Towns schrieb:
> >
> > Having a restrictive trademark license prevents people from using
> > confusingly similar logos, while a DFSG-free copyright license allows
> > people to make derivatives as long as they're not confusingly similar.
Anthony Towns schrieb:
> On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 10:03:52AM +0100, Bastian Venthur wrote:
>> I have a question. If I understand you correctly you want to put the
>> "official use" logo under the MIT license AND enforce it as an
>> unregistered trademark so that someone can only use it if "we" (who?
Anthony Towns wrote:
> The DFSG refers to copyright licensing, it doesn't cover patents or
> trademarks.
I think the above is mistaken and I'd find it shocking if any DD who
passed NM made it. It is easily shown not to be the case by checking
http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines for
On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 11:57:13PM -0800, Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Feb 2007, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > The DFSG refers to copyright licensing, it doesn't cover patents or
> > trademarks.
> It actually doesn't refer to any of them specifically. It does talk
> about licensing, but it doesn't
On Thu, 08 Feb 2007, Anthony Towns wrote:
> The DFSG refers to copyright licensing, it doesn't cover patents or
> trademarks.
It actually doesn't refer to any of them specifically. It does talk
about licensing, but it doesn't clarify whether it's refering to
copyright licensing or trademark licen
On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 10:03:52AM +0100, Bastian Venthur wrote:
> I have a question. If I understand you correctly you want to put the
> "official use" logo under the MIT license AND enforce it as an
> unregistered trademark so that someone can only use it if "we" (who?)
> authorize it. This sound
* Bastian Venthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070207 10:05]:
> I have a question. If I understand you correctly you want to put the
> "official use" logo under the MIT license AND enforce it as an
> unregistered trademark so that someone can only use it if "we" (who?)
> authorize it. This sounds contradic
On Wed, 07 Feb 2007, Bastian Venthur wrote:
> I have a question. If I understand you correctly you want to put the
> "official use" logo under the MIT license AND enforce it as an
> unregistered trademark so that someone can only use it if "we"
> (who?) authorize it. This sounds contradicting to me
Am 07.02.2007 04:37 schrieb Anthony Towns:
>
> As such at the end of this week, I'm planning on asking the SPI board to
> relicense the Debian logos as follows:
>
> * both logos shall be released under the MIT copyright license:
>
[...]
>
> * the "open
trademark policy, and it seems that people there were pretty much for
the idea.
As such at the end of this week, I'm planning on asking the SPI board to
relicense the Debian logos as follows:
* both logos shall be released under the MIT copyright license:
Permission is hereby gran
also sprach Milan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.07.26.2132 +0200]:
> If it is, I would kindly ask you to direct me to the URL containg
> it or to send it to me on this email address.
http://www.debian.org/logos/
--
Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list!
.''`. martin f.
On 26.07.05, Milan wrote:
Hi Milan,
> I wanted to ask you if the debian logo is avaible in some of the
> vector formats?
You can download the logos in encapsulated postscript from
http://www.debian.org/logos
René van Bevern,
http://progn.org
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Hello!
First of all, I apologize if I directed this message to the wrong address.
I wan to make some Debian related graphics like wallpapers, 3D art,
icons or similar, and I wanted to ask you if the debian logo is avaible
in some of the vector formats?
If it is, I would kindly ask you to dir
On 2004-02-29 04:18:38 + Zenaan Harkness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 12:02, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 11:34:59AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
How is the Debian logo so different from "front cover texts"?
Because it is not distributed in Debian
On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 17:19, Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > The Debian logo{, and all other non-free parts of the Debian website
> > listed here, if there are any} are licensed according to the GNU GPL
> > {LGPL|X|?} license.
>
> This isn't really necessary.
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> The Debian logo{, and all other non-free parts of the Debian website
> listed here, if there are any} are licensed according to the GNU GPL
> {LGPL|X|?} license.
This isn't really necessary. All that is necessary is that any
additional work placed on d
On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 15:41, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 03:18:38PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > Why should our logo not be Free?
>
> No reason. I think we've actually tried to do this before now and hit
> some snag or other, and just not cared enough to press the issue
>
On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 03:18:38PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> Why should our logo not be Free?
No reason. I think we've actually tried to do this before now and hit
some snag or other, and just not cared enough to press the issue
further. I can't remember what it was last time, though. One
po
On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 12:02, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 11:34:59AM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> > How is the Debian logo so different from "front cover texts"?
>
> Because it is not distributed in Debian 'main' ?
Is this a valid response? Does DFSG mean "what goes in ma
Le Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 04:21:19PM +0300, Volkan YAZICI ?crivait:
> >> > there are currently 9 logos, 13 banners, 3 vertical banners,
> >> > 5 cd covers, 2 workouts
> >> >
> >> > adress is http://www.linuks.mine.nu/volkany/
Previously Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> >> They are really nice, I like them.
* Wichert Akkerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-26 14:44]:
> Previously Raphael Hertzog wrote:
>> Le Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 04:21:19PM +0300, Volkan YAZICI ?crivait:
>> > there are currently 9 logos, 13 banners, 3 vertical banners,
>> > 5 cd covers, 2 workouts
>> >
>> > adress is http://www.linuks.m
On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 04:21:19PM +0300, Volkan YAZICI wrote:
> i have been working on some debian artwork since 2-3 months.
> there is collected some good work and i thought that it
> would be good to take your opinions
>
> there are currently 9 logos, 13 banners, 3 vertical banners,
> 5 cd cove
Previously Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> Le Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 04:21:19PM +0300, Volkan YAZICI ?crivait:
> > there are currently 9 logos, 13 banners, 3 vertical banners,
> > 5 cd covers, 2 workouts
> >
> > adress is http://www.linuks.mine.nu/volkany/
>
> They are really nice, I like them.
Wow, I ju
Le Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 04:21:19PM +0300, Volkan YAZICI écrivait:
> hi all
Hi,
> i have been working on some debian artwork since 2-3 months.
> there is collected some good work and i thought that it
> would be good to take your opinions
>
> there are currently 9 logos, 13 banners, 3 vertical ba
hi all
i have been working on some debian artwork since 2-3 months.
there is collected some good work and i thought that it
would be good to take your opinions
there are currently 9 logos, 13 banners, 3 vertical banners,
5 cd covers, 2 workouts
adress is http://www.linuks.mine.nu/volkany/
all c
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