Re: Stolen debian logo?
On Sun, 2004-02-22 at 17:25, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 03:51:47PM +0100, Patrik Lindahl wrote:
> > I happened to notice that the logo of elektrostore.se is almost the same
> > as the Debian logo... It looks like they have changed the color and
> > rotated it slightly.
> > The URL is: http://www.elektrostore.se/
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> Yeah, it's obvious they're using the Debian-swirl there. But how do
> you steal what is free?
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> http://www.debian.org/intro/about.en-gb.html#free
Debian's "free stuff" is still copyrighted, same as everything else.
What makes it Free is an accompanying license which grants an individual
freedom to use the item in question (software, logo, etc) under certain
conditions. So, if software or a logo is taken and used without
permission (only granted if the license is adhered to) it is effectivly
stolen.
-davidc
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