On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 06:22:45PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Josh Triplett wrote: > > > First of all, even if it is the case that we can't offer a DFSG-free > > license for the logo without allowing it to become "diluted", then that > > does not exempt it from being DFSG-free. I believe the suggested > > licenses were very clearly non-DFSG-free. > > > > Second, I'm not suggesting that we put no restrictions on the logo. I > > would suggest that we require people who copy, modify, or distribute the > > logo to acknowledge the origin of the logo, and not misrepresent it as > > being written by them. > > The point in a traditional common-law trademark is that we don't want > someone to go out and start "Debian Computing, Inc.", use the Debian > open-use logo, and proceed to run a competing organization. I'm not appreciably convinced that prohibiting this is worth the cost. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -><- |
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