On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 09:42 -0700, Jesse Keating wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 09/17/2010 11:33 PM, inode0 wrote: > > I'm not sure if you are talking about me here, but I do believe in > > trademark protection and brand identity as valuable things. And while > > the former is a bit of a red herring because we aren't talking about > > something that would carry a trademark the latter is relevant to the > > discussion. > > Not to pick on just one part of your email, but I don't think it's as > red herring as you claim. If you want to have an "Free" image to > promote Fedora, for the image to do its job it has to have connection > and representation to Fedora, so that when you see the image, you think > Fedora. So while it wouldn't carry a trademark, for it to be successful > it has to be a mark that one associates with Fedora. This means that > inappropriate use of the mark, which we would not be able to legally > correct, would then associate inappropriate things with Fedora. IANAL but there might be a risk with a totally free mark of someone else using it and claiming it for their own then suing us for using it? ~m _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
