Re: On the uselessness of Debian trademarks.
MJ Ray wrote:
> On 2004-05-07 07:31:27 +0100 Ean Schuessler <ean@brainfood.com> wrote:
>
>> With the Debian trademark we want use that is almost entirely
>> unenforced
>> except for a few particular (and somewhat poorly defined) situations.
>
> The only well-defined situation I can see at the moment is when
> someone attempts to claim debian association, backing or endorsement
> fraudulently.
How about if someone simply starts their own Debian, perhaps producing
proprietary software? I believe that that is exactly the situation
trademarks were invented to prevent.
> I believe that is covered adequately by other laws
> everywhere where we could enforce it. Is that correct?
I don't think the situation I described above is covered by any other laws.
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