Re: Stolen debian logo?
On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 01:37:03PM -0500, Richard Hoskins wrote:
> David Clymer <david@zettazebra.com> writes:
> > Copyright is roughly "the right to make a copy." If you are given
> > permission to make a copy of a work by the copyright holder, you may
> > do so. Most works are distributed too widely to go around granting
> > permission to everyone who wants a copy, so licenses are written
> > which give one a way to permit people to copy and use a work without
> > the copyright holder having to grant permission directly.
>
> Yes, I understand all that. I want to understand how the store in
> question is violating the GPL in this case. (If in fact the logo is
> under the GPL.)
The Debian Open Use Logo is not distributed under the GPL, so this is
moot. It is distributed under a different (non-DFSG-free, unfortunately)
licence, which they are not honouring.
http://www.debian.org/logos/#open-use
Cheers,
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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