Re: The Logo issue...
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Joseph Carter wrote:
>
> I'm really concerned about this. The whole concept of having two logos
> has been generally ignored by me up until now, but I'm actually going to
> complain now. Every other distribution and every other company out there
> has only ONE LOGO. WTH do we need two? I don't think we do. Can anyone
> see why the first two simple guidelines applied to ONE LOGO would not be
> good enough?
>
> Consider:
>
> Should people be able to use a "Powered by Debian" logo? Sure.
> Should people be able to use our logo on Debian CDs? Sure.
> Should they be able to use it on Debian+books? Sure.
> Debian + non-debian? If it's used in a manner related to Debian, sure.
> On a tshirts/hats/coffee mugs/whatever? If related to Debian, sure.
> As a hyperlink pointing to our website? Of course!
> As the logo or part of the logo for your own company? Likely no.
Intel have several logos. For example, Intel wouldn't let me put 'Intel
Inside' on my line of AMD K6 boxes, would they..
The point of one logo being a restricted trademark is quality control,
basically.
Jules
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