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Re: [URGENT] Logo license



Previously Dale Scheetz wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> > `official license'
> > ==================
> > I. may only be used if:
> >    a) the product it is used for is made using a documented procudere we
> >       make (for example official CD-creation)
> >    b) if we give approval for its use
> > 
> > II. may be used if an official part of debian (decided using the rules
> > in I) is part of the complete product, if it is made clear that only
> > this part is officialy approved
> > 
> > III. We reserve the right to revoke a license for a product, if (some
> >   conditions here)
> > 
> These conditions would make creating a "commercial" distribution, based on
> Debian, almost totally impossible. I certainly wouldn't be able to use the
> logo on any Debian products that I might distribute, and I would find that
> disapointing.

How so? The idea is to have a set of strict guidelines so that people
can use the official logo for some products if they use a procedure
that we set without asking us, and for all other uses there is I.b.

Wichert.

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