On Mon, Jul 25, 2005 at 09:42:36PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: > * John Hasler: > > Ian writes: > >> "My response" has to do more with how that trademark policy appears to be > >> inconsistent with Debian's founding goals. > > I suspect that any effective trademark policy is going to be > > inconsistent with Debian's founding goals. > In general, we don't have to address this with a trademark policy. > The wrath of a dozen or so Debian developers is probably sufficient. > A trademark policy could reduce that risks for those wanting to use > the name "Debian", but it's hard to believe that we would come up with > a policy that is generally agreed upon. And there's still the issue > of freedom. > At the heart, the problem shown by the present example is not even a > trademark problem. Some organization could claim they form the core > of Debian, in a way that uses the mark legitimately. Even in this > case, we should point out that such claims are false. I highly doubt this is true. Such a use of the Debian name sounds very much to me like it would be actionable. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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