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Re: PROPOSAL: Debian Logo (Was: Logo License has *expired*)



On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 11:01:58PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> Joseph Carter wrote:
> 
> > * Logo may be used on "Official" CD-ROMs [...]
> > * Logo may be used on a web page for [advertizing Debian systems]
> > * Logo may be used to advertize Debian project [URL required...]
> > * Derivative works [have the same terms]
> 
> > How's that for a start?
> 
> How about just using it on a Debian system?  I don't see anything there
> that allows me to use it as an XDM splash screen or a window
> decoration.  I don't see anything that allows me to use it in a
> Debianized package.  I don't see anything that even allows me to have a
> copy sitting on my HD (on my Debian system) unless I'm actively using it
> to advertize the Debian project. (To whom?  Myself?)

Well...
unless your XDM logon screen were on an X-Terminal in some cybercafe
where you were making money off of it... it looks like most of those
examples would fall under "fair use" anyway (using it in a debianized package
wouldn't...but thats about the only one)

The licence otherwise apears to cover all the bases...
-Steve

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