Hello, I wonder if there is not a problem with the Debian Open Use Logo with “Debian” from <http://www.fr.debian.org/logos/index.en.html>. Although the Debian Open Use Logo without “Debian” is released under a license that seems clearly free, the Logo with “Debian” is released under a very unclear tiny “license”: > Copyright (c) 1999 Software in the Public Interest > This logo or a modified version may be used by anyone to refer to the > Debian project, but does not indicate endorsement by the project. To me, that means that it can only be used to refer to Debian. The “does not indicate…” part rather looks like a precision of an evidence that is not linked specifically to the license (that is, of course, nobody except people authorized by the project to do so can indicate endorsement by the project, Logo or not Logo). As it does not indicate whether the Logo can be used for other things, or modified, or redistributed, and so on, I wonder if this “license” can be considered as free. In addition, I heard that the “Debian” text has been designed with a non-free font, so distributing it may constitute an violation of the licence, though I think this is rather the problem of the original designer that licenced his logo artwork to SPI. If it cannot, this may be a serious issue, as this Logo with “Debian”, or derivated work, is used in many packages. For instance, gdm and gdm-themes are released under GPLv2 but provide images that contain it. Regards, -- Tanguy Ortolo
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