On Thu, 9 Aug 2012 07:22:56 +0200 René Mérou wrote: > Hello Hello! [...] > For each translation there will be in the future one main map like this one: > http://es.gnu.org/~reneme/fsmap/en/other_versions/V6-alpha/fsmap-en.svg > (if you make click you will see it has moviment to make one presentation) > > One maps guide like this one: > http://es.gnu.org/~reneme/fsmap/en/fsmap-en.svg [...] > And i asked if this matherial can be part of Debian as a package i made > myself. > > One of the points that made that idea wrong was to have the icon of Firefox. > > So this is my question. I know that one article in one newspaper can have one > image of one enterprise or one trademarked logo or anything. [...] > Is it possible to use one icon of firefox in one package of debian if its not > one program but just didactical matherial? I don't know whether there could be *trademark* issues with the Firefox logo. Maybe the use in the map is considered nominative and thus permitted by law, independently of any trademark policy? You'll have to ask a lawyer well vetted in trademark laws, to have a definite answer (please note that I am not a lawyer). Anyway, I am under the impression that, *if* there's a trademark issue with the Firefox logo, *then* there are similar issues with several other logos/names in the map... More than trademarks, what strikes me is the multitude of different and mutually incompatible copyright licenses involved in a single map. And the map itself is licensed as a whole under the terms of the GFDL v1.3 (a very poor choice in my own personal opinion, even though, at least, there are no invariant parts...). I am not sure that such a map, including many incompatibly licensed images, can be considered legally distributable, from a copyright point of view. Consider for instance the images which are licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (v2 or v3): I am afraid that the map cannot be considered as "mere aggregation" or as an "aggregate". I think the map is not a compilation of works, but a single work... If this is true, then the map must be licensed as a whole under the terms of the GNU GPL, which is not. And it cannot include GPL-incompatible images (such as CC-licensed and GFDL-licensed ones). > Thankyou for your time reading so long email and for the answers. :) You're welcome: I hope that my considerations may help a little. -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/frx-gpg-key-transition-2010.txt New GnuPG key, see the transition document! ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == CA01 1147 9CD2 EFDF FB82 3925 3E1C 27E1 1F69 BFFE
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