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Re:"Social Contract" [anti-trust]

On Jun 27, Dale Scheetz wrote
> On Fri, 27 Jun 1997 jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl wrote:
> > On Jun 26, Dale Scheetz wrote
> > > I have created a product that I call "Drop in Debian" or DiD that I
> > > distribute on my CDs, as a value added product. If SPI becomes the
> > > only entity that is allowed to use the name Debian, I will have to
> > > rename the product something like "Drop in *nix of the third kind"
> > > which has a gross acronym.
> > 
> > > I'm pretty sure that a trademark is too restrictive a mechanism for
> > > this association. I'm not sure how you would get standing, but
> > > something like a "freemark" might be an interesting exersize for some
> > > aspiring young lawyer.
> > 
> > That is probably closer to what I had in mind; a means to have some
> > control over what projects we (the Debian developers) are associated
> > with.
> 
> I am probably just confused about which of the above is closer to what
> you had in mind. If you are saying the the "freemark" was closer,

Yes.

> then I agree.
> 
> If you are saying that I should be required to gain permission from SPI
> before my "Debian based" project can use the name "Debian" then our
> product has just become proprietary, which violates the terms of the GPL
> that protect most of the core programs from this kind of "control".

I'd just like to have some way of making sure that a "Debian based" product
is indeed that.

Ray
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