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Re: Logo license

On 18 Dec 1997 bruce@va.debian.org wrote:

> From: kaih@khms.westfalen.de (Kai Henningsen)
> > My feeling is restrict products, but not other things - for example, if  
> > someone puts a link to some Debian related site on his web page,  
> > displaying the logo should be ok; similar for something like "Powered by  
> > Debian".
> 
> Certainly "powered-by-Debian" should be OK for automatic licensing.
> Someone draw one up!
> 
> > However, I'm not quite sure about restrictions for products. It seems to  
> > clash with the spirit of the DFSG.
> 
> I'm not sure. The software is free. The logo
> is short-hand for "This is a product of the Debian project". I'd hate
> to see it on half-assed stuff like that InfoMagic CD, as someone who
> got burned by that would be reluctant to try other products bearing
> the same symbol.
> 
> The logo should mean "This product meets the Debian group's standards,
> we recommend it, and we stand behind it". We need some sort of policy
> to implement that.
> 
This whole issue simply makes more complex, a set of questions that I have
had for some time now. Consider the, not so hypothetical question:

	I wish to create a Debian based, turnkey, system, for delivery
	on CD. Asside from some custom installation software, everything
	on the CD comes from the Debian archives.

	To what extent can I apply the Debian name and Logo to this 
	product? What permissions, if any, do I need to have in
	writing, from which official of the corporation, in order to
	protect myself from suit for trademark infringement?

Thanks,

Dwarf
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