Re: Debian Open Use Logo License (was Re: RC bug filled against desktop-base related to the open logo.)
Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 00:54:22 -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote:
> > Let's tackle this from a different angle. What were the ongoing
> > concerns and aren't they solved yet? Who do I need to talk to in order
> > to change the license?
> >
> The DPL.
>
> AFAIK when the logo license was changed, the lawyer advised to keep the
> logo with debian under a restrictive license, and the dpl and spi board
> went along with that.
That's my recollection. The minutes are at
http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/meeting-minutes/2008/meeting-minutes-2008-03-19.txt/view
but the ongoing concerns aren't stated there or in the logs at
http://lists.spi-inc.org/pipermail/spi-general/2008-March/002567.html
It refers to an earlier meeting whose minutes are at
http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/meeting-minutes/2007/board-meeting-june-18th-2007.html
which also doesn't state the concerns. It predates my log-posting
effort (and I was physically at that meeting), but it was videoed at
http://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2007/debconf7/low/379_SPI_board_meeting.ogg
- it's almost exactly 15 minutes in, but doesn't state the concerns
very clearly. The explanation was "There was additional feedback from
Greg, who's our lawyer, saying that there may be issues with
relicensing the actual textual representation of the word debian
because that may imply that we don't want to enforce the trademark of
debian, so there's an additional little paragraph saying that the
licence only applies to the graphical swirl and the graphical swirl
and bottle. It doesn't apply to the textual representation."
I'm not sure if adding a statement that we will enforce the trademark
would avoid that implication, but then is the textual representation
really still free from restrictions on field of endeavour?
Anyway for "What were the ongoing concerns and aren't they solved yet?"
the answer might be that only SPI board and DPL of that time know.
Hope that helps,
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