Re: similarities between logos for CLUSTER and Debian
On Sun, 04 Jan 2015, Paul R. Tagliamonte wrote:
> The debian swirl is trademarked, but freely licensed.
I don't think so:
http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4803:q33o33.2.1
"The mark consists of a spiral formed with the style of a paintbrush
stroke with the word "debian" written."
i.e. swirl on its own is not trademarked, thus could be freely used for
other projects, thus all the reports from users on "infringement"
through the years nearly always lead to "relax, everything is alright"
response ;)
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