Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
On Fri, 5 Oct 2007, Matthew Miller wrote:
Maybe we could leave off the TM but include somewhere some
lighthearted fine print about it being a trademark irony
notwithstanding and we know that sounds silly but hey, gotta use the
law to protect freedom too. I'm too tired to be really witty right now
but maybe someone else can pick up from there. :)
Maybe.
Let me be honest about another motivation: my suspicions about the
general usefulness of "protecting the marks" of open source projects.
I admire the Debian practice of having some marks that are fiercely
protected, and other marks that are completely open. The Debian swirl
is completely open; the Debian swirl atop the genie bottle is fiercely
protected. Which has allowed the open Debian mark to proliferate.
I'd hoped to get this kind of agreement with Red Hat legal in regards to
the Fedora mark -- i.e. create an open Fedora mark that anyone could use
in any way they wished -- but was unsuccessful.
The mascot is a way to accomplish that without a second logo IMO. Worth
considering.
Rahul
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