On Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:29:48 +0200 Gerfried Fuchs wrote: > Hi! Hello! > > On #debian-www "will" raised concerns that there might be issues with > respect to our logo license for including the debian lettering. It > doesn't contain a warranty waiver, If I understand correctly, the concern is about the Debian Open Use Logo with the “Debian” text [1]. This logo is still non-free according to the DFSG, as explained in the logos page [2], and indeed it seems that no disclaimer of warranty is present in its license. [1] for instance http://www.debian.org/logos/openlogo-100.png [2] http://www.debian.org/logos/ > and given that we publish svg images > which could contain potential harmful scripting (from will's > interpretation, not sure if that actually is possible or if there is > some sandbox involved?) this might be considered an issue. > > Is this something we should change? Not worry about? "Much Ado Nothing"? I have expressed my own personal disappointment with the Debian logos situation for a long time. The first time I can remember is on July 2004 [3]. [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2004/07/msg00208.html AFAICT, the last time this issue was (briefly) discussed on debian-legal is on March 2010, in a 3-message thread [4] that left my questions unanswered, as has happened in other cases about the same topic... [4] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2010/03/msg00005.html I don't know whether the lack of warranty disclaimer should be considered as a serious problem or a minor issue, but I am not satisfied [5] with the current licensing of Debian logos (three of them are non-free, and only one is DFSG-free). [5] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2008/11/msg00048.html -- http://www.inventati.org/frx/progs/scripts/pdebuild-hooks.html Need some pdebuild hook scripts? ..................................................... Francesco Poli . GnuPG key fpr == C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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