RE: Petition about the Firefox trademark problem

["Seth Goodman" <sethg@goodmanassociates.com>]

Tyler wrote on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:42 AM -0500:

> Michael M. wrote:
> > 
> > I don't think Debian does the same thing with its "Official Use
> > Logo." The logo indicates that the project officially has been
> > approved by Debian, but it doesn't imply any sort of control over
> > the project by Debian. 
> > 
> 
> But how does Debian decide to approve a project? Do I just ask them
> nicely, and then modify the code to my hearts content? Debian doesn't
> require a formal code review, but could still revoke their trademark
> if they don't like the code, or for any other reason.

My question as well.  If someone starts with a snapshot of an official
Debian release, follows the Debian packaging guidelines and fully
complies with the GPL, is there any basis for denying their continued
use of the official Debian logo?

-- 
Seth Goodman