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Re: inappropriate use of Debian Official Use Logo



MJ Ray wrote:
>Please can someone explain to me how this use of the official logo
>doesn't satisfy the licence?  It seems to be used to promote sales
>of official CDs which are clearly labelled which parts are official.
>Is the complaint that the logo is positioned in a confusing way (by
>the menu rather than right next to the relevant product descriptions),
>or that the CDs aren't really official CDs, or something else?

The current "Official Use Logo" license is quite unfree: it requires, in part:

"This logo may only be used if:...
    * official approval is given by Debian for its use in this purpose"

Which pretty much covers it.

Now, whether that's a reasonable license is another matter....

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Nathanael Nerode  <neroden@fastmail.fm>

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