Re: Hinner EDV: Correct Logo Usage?
On Sat, 2007-04-07 at 10:59 +0200, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Steve Langasek:
>
> >> Sorry, I fail to see how you can do this without losing your
> >> credibility. The MIT license specifically gives one permission "to
> >> deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
> >> the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish" etc.
> >
> > What rock have you been hiding under for the past two years while there has
> > been an ongoing, project-wide discussion about how to handle our logos in a
> > manner that allows us to protect trademarks while respecting the DFSG?
>
> I've pointed out that the "it's MIT-licensed, but you can't use it"
> approach is a non-solution. You simply can't enforce a trademark that
> is DFSG-free; these two goals are inherently conflicting.
You could be right that this is at least confusing, but that's not
relevant for the reported inappropriate logo use at "Hinner". Let's not
mix the debate about future licenses for the Debian logo's with this
reported misuse of the logo under the currently applying license.
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