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Re: Bug#587482: The Debian open logo with "Debian" is not compliant to the Debian policy (RC bugs #587482, #587664 and #587668)



On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 02:55:31PM +0100, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
> (Context: while hunting for an RC bug to fix, I fell on #587668 and then asked 
> for advice on #debian-release, where a discussion was held. Here's my summary of 
> the issue.)

Hi Didier,
  I stumbled upon these bug logs myself during last week-end. IANAL, but
FWIW my own summary of the issue is the same as yours, thanks for saving
my time in posting it here yourself first :-)

Let me just comment on a specific option, which lays pretty much at the
intersection of SPI/DPL responsibilities.

>   d) get the DOUL-with license changed in time for Squeeze,

I've been looking into this option, as I would have loved to simply
propose "let's re-license the 'with' logo under DOUL". Unfortunately,
there are concerns that doing so could be interpreted as "naked
licensing" [1] the Debian trademark.  I still hope to find some
DFSG-free way out of it, but the issue looks tricky and I seriously
doubt it can be solved in time for Squeeze.

Cheers.

[1] http://itlaw.wikia.com/wiki/Naked_license

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