Re: Bug#265352: grub: Debian splash images for Grub
On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 06:41:29PM +0100, Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote:
> Does it qualify as DFSG-free if you give it a free copyright licence
> without granting any kind of trademark licence?
Trademark license is orthogonal to copyright license.
Trademark laws are more like truth in advertising laws than anything
else -- they're aimed at preventing deception -- they don't prohibit
any non-deceitful uses or changes. [That said, it's the trademark owner
who gets to define what's truthful use of the trademark, and what's not.]
Trademark license isn't specific to a piece of software -- it's specific
to a context.
--
Raul
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