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Re: RE : Re: RE : Re: Linux Magazin Germany, affecting Debian's image?!



On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 07:11:14PM +0200, Martin Zobel-Helas wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 12:51:06PM -0400, Radu-Cristian FOTESCU <beranger5ca@yahoo.ca> wrote:

> > > That is still false. People's erroneous beliefs do not entitle them
> > > to anything.

> > This is not about entitlement. This is about Debian's failure to react to a
> > misuse of its trademarks.

> Actually, if you read the README on this DVD, you will see that this DVD
> was mastered by Debian Developers.

This does not mean those Debian developers have free reign to use the
trademark however they wish.  Debian developers acting independently should
absolutely be expected to honor the trademark the same as anyone else;
having your key in the keyring doesn't give you a free pass to dilute
Debian's trademarks to the project's detriment.

-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
vorlon@debian.org                                   http://www.debian.org/



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