* Ian Murdock (imurdock@progeny.com) wrote: > Lest this be misinterpreted, let me clarify that the DCC > group will abide by whatever Debian's trademark policy is. "My > response" has to do more with how that trademark > policy appears to be inconsistent with Debian's founding goals. My response has more to do with trademark *law* and common courtesy than about Debian's founding goals, or Debian's founder for that matter. IANAL, of course. Stephen > Ian Murdock wrote: > > Ok, this is most unexpected, so I'm going to have to take > > some time to consider my response. I can say with 100% certainty that > > a trademark policy more restrictive than the one adopted by Linus > > Torvalds for Linux isn't what the founder of this project had in mind. > > > > -ian > > > > Stephen Frost wrote: > > > >>* Ian Murdock (imurdock@progeny.com) wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Martin Michlmayr wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>* Ian Murdock <imurdock@progeny.com> [2005-07-24 07:25]: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>As always, feedback welcome. We're not trying to step on any toes. > >>>> > >>>>http://www.educ.umu.se/~bjorn/mhonarc-files/debian-announce/msg00083.html > >>> > >>>Thank you, I'm aware of this. :-) > >>> > >>>But I don't see anything in here that's incompatible with what > >>>we're doing--for one, this isn't a business (it's not even really a > >>>consortium, since there won't be any formal organization behind > >>>it--the best way to describe it is that it's an open-source project). > >> > >> > >>Sorry, it doesn't work that way. You said in the prior message that > >>it's not going to be called "Debian Core Consortium", that's good, as > >>whatever you call it *shouldn't* include the term "Debian" in it unless > >>you get an official submark of the "Debian" trademark from SPI. It's > >>possible that could be done but assuming you can just use the "Debian" > >>trademark in advertising, communication with the press, or as the name > >>of anything is wrong. > >> > >>I would *strongly* encourage you to figure out what name you *do* want > >>to use for this, encouarge that it *not* include the trademarked term > >>"Debian", or that you contact SPI regarding getting an official submark. > >>I would encourage SPI to contact their counsel regarding this and that > >>anyone involved in the creation of this new entity not be involved in > >>any decisions by SPI on if the submark should be granted. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Stephen > > > > > > -- > Ian Murdock > 317-578-8882 (office) > http://www.progeny.com/ > http://ianmurdock.com/ > > "A nerd is someone who uses a telephone to talk to other people about > telephones." --Douglas Adams > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
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