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Re: GUADEC report



MJ Ray writes:
> As such, if a copyright permission condition is an "everything is
> forbidden except X" trademark enforcement term, then that contaminates
> other software. It doesn't matter that some other use might not infringe
> the trademark: it would mean we have no copyright permissions on the
> licensed software.

Attempting to use a copyright license to extend trademark rights beyond the
statutory ones may be copyright misuse.  That could lead to the abuser
losing his copyright, his trademark, or both.
-- 
John Hasler 
john@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin



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