Hector Blanco wrote: > My name is Hector Blanco. > I developed a game called 'Debian vs Pimientos' in which you > have to kill peppers, using the Debian logo as a ship. > Well, more info is here: > http://www.neopontec.com/en/games/index.php?sec=game&gid=1 > > Some persons commented me that this would be a violation of the > Debian mark. > My question in this message is if I can continue using the > Debian name and logo in this game. If there is any legal problem > I can change the name and the game art. You can find the license for the Debian open use logo here: http://www.debian.org/logos/ Copyright (c) 1999 Software in the Public Interest This logo or a modified version may be used by anyone to refer to the Debian project, but does not indicate endorsement by the project. I think that using the open use logo in a game is allowed as long as it's really meant to refer to the Debian project. So for example, using it in xbill for non-microsoft-infected computers might be ok. It's unclear to me whether a Debian logo shooting gnu heads at peppers is intended to be a reference to the Debian project or not. I think you've found a grey area. OTOH, our next DebConf will be in Mexico and many of the logo choices include prominent peppers, so perhaps you're just ahead of the times. (I also wonder if putting the Debian logo on a scrumptious cake in Finland at the last DebConf was a violation of its license, or did having DDs eat the cake symbolically make it refer to Debian? Does that mean that the non-DD who cut me off for the last peice was breaking the law? Oh and is this all DFSG free? But I digress..) -- see shy jo
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