On 7/24/2012 3:11 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: > On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 20:56 +0200, Emilio Lopez wrote: >>> I love the idea of using scientists, explorers, writers (not just >>> sci-fi), artists...anything really that pushes the boundaries of the >>> human experience...and not just people, Leonidas was a (or several >>> really) ship too. >>> Also, I would have to say that so far my favourite Fedora artwork is >> >from Verne ;-) >> >> I fully agree with that. I was thinking in this exactly naming scheme >> Scientists, explorers, writers, artists... >> I would like to have a Fedora Newton or a Fedora Dali. > Unfortunately, while there are several 'famous people' schemes proposed > on the wiki, you'll note they're in the section vetoed by legal. I think > using names of people is problematic for that reason, so we need to > avoid it AFAIK. This is correct. Names are more difficult to clear from a legal perspective because, not only do you have to worry about trademark rights, you have to worry about the right of publicity too. These types of rights are becoming more commonly enforced, even in cases where a now-dead person would never have conceived of the fact that they have such a right (Einstein and Amelia Earhart are two in that category that come to mind) - but their families have. So it's extra difficult for us to clear them and the clearance rate will be lower. My greatest happiness with "Beefy Miracle" was that it wasn't a person's name (no offense, Beefy!!). Pam _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
