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Re: I'll let the Freemasons know Debian is distributing their trademark



Brian Thomas Sniffen <bts@alum.mit.edu> schrieb/wrote:
> Nobody will think that General Motors has endorsed this package or
> this OS because there's a picture of a Humvee in there.

The Hummer might actually be a problem if its shape is a registered
design (called "design patent" in the US). Even if Debian is allowed to  
distribute registered designs, they would have to go into non-free.

Claus
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