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author | Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peña <jfs> | 2007-07-11 00:40:52 +0000 |
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committer | Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peña <jfs> | 2007-07-11 00:40:52 +0000 |
commit | b2cd945586236ad13a2490c293ff36237c98d7aa (patch) | |
tree | 7d5ec147f21d4c7938ba1814d9d2244725b03ab4 /english/trademark.wml | |
parent | fc9050bdb85af0e00259ef3dd99da97832bacdac (diff) |
New page describing the trademark
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english/trademark.wml: INITIAL -> 1.1
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diff --git a/english/trademark.wml b/english/trademark.wml new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..833430c39ea --- /dev/null +++ b/english/trademark.wml @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +#use wml::debian::template title="Debian's Trademark Policy" + +<h1>Trademark Licensing Policy</h1> +<p><em>Debian</em> is registered trademark of <a +href="http://www.spi-inc.org/about-spi/trademarks">Software in the Public +Interest, Inc.</a> and managed by the Debian project. + +<p>The trademark was <a +href="http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=75386376">registered</a> +the 21st of December of 1999 but has been in use since August 1993. It is +registered under the Nice Class 009: "Computer Utility and Operating +System Software". + +<p>The current policy was <a +href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/debian-announce-1998/msg00006.html">announced</a> by +Bruce Perens, Debian Project Leader, in 1998:</p> + +<p><q>We allow all businesses to make reasonable use of the "Debian" trademark. +For example, if you make a CD of our Debian GNU/Linux distribution, you can +call that product "Debian". If you want to use the name in some other way, you +should ask us <b>first</b>.</q></p> + +<p><q>To be fair to all businesses, we insist that no business use the name +"Debian" in the name of the business, or a domain name of the business.</q></p> + +<h2>Work in Progress</h2> + +<p>As <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/10/msg00003.html">announced</a> +by Martin Michlmayr, Debian Project Leader, in 2003 (also available +as SPI resolution <a href="http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2003-06-03-bmh.1">2003-06-03-bmh.1</a>, a Trademark Committee was started +to review SPI's trademark policy. This committee can be contacted at +<a href="http://lists.spi-inc.org/listinfo/spi-trademark"> +spi-trademark@lists.spi-inc.org</a>. + +<p>Currently there are two drafts for the trademark policy, one drafted by <a +href="http://wiki.mako.cc/TrademarkFreedom">Benjamin Mako Hill</a> and a +different one drafted by +<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ProposedTrademarkPolicy">Branden Robinson</a>. + + +<h1>Registration outside the US</h1> + +<p>A similar trademark is registered by some other associations related to the +Debian Project over the world, this includes <a +href="http://www.debian.or.jp">debian JP</a> in Japan (<a +href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/09/msg00161.html">registered</a> +in 2002), as well as Stiftelsen SLX Debian Labs in Norway and Vincent Renardias +in France. + +<h1>Organisations licensed to use the trademark</h1> + +<p>The following organistions have been licensed to use +the Debian trademark through a License Agreement: + +<ul> + +<li>Stiftelsen SLX Debian Labs, per SPI's resolution +<a href="http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2004-01-05-bmh.1"> +2004-01-05.bmh.1</a>) + +<li>Vincent Renardias and <q>Les logiciels du soleil</q>, per SPI's resolution +<a href="http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/1999-08-06.mgs"> +1999-08-06.mgs</a>. + +<li>The Debian UK Society, <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2005/08/msg00280.html">by Branden Robinson</A>, Debian Project Leader. + +</ul> |