Re: Proposed vote on issue of the day: trademarks and free software

2008-09-19 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le vendredi 19 septembre 2008 à 11:45 +0200, Wouter Verhelst a écrit : > I'd hope the FSF actually specializes in writing software, rather than > making statements. However, writing Free Software is not possible unless > there is a healthy community around it; the FSF thus takes a leading > role an

Re: Proposed vote on issue of the day: trademarks and free software

2008-09-19 Thread Russ Allbery
Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 04:51:45PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> - I've always considered Debian to be a leading member of the Free >>> Software community; as such, I feel it is our duty to tell others

Re: Proposed vote on issue of the day: trademarks and free software

2008-09-19 Thread Bas Wijnen
On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:56:23AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > ===Begin resolution text=== > The Debian Project has been watching the case around the Mozilla > Project's EULA requirement for people wishing to use their trademarks > from a distance. This is an issue that has been brewing for a f

Re: Proposed vote on issue of the day: trademarks and free software

2008-09-19 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 11:45:53AM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:17:18AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > For those of you who're not aware: the Mozilla Foundation is now forcing > > people who want to use their firefox trademark to disp

Re: Proposed vote on issue of the day: trademarks and free software

2008-09-19 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 04:51:45PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > - I've always considered Debian to be a leading member of the Free > > Software community; as such, I feel it is our duty to tell others when > > we think they are straying off the