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On Sun, Jun 19, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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>>>>>> On Sun, 19 Jun 2016, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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>>> The Foundation isn't even the copyright holder of the (vector |
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>>> version of the) logo, therefore it cannot grant such permission. |
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>> I don't think this is correct. The Gentoo Foundation does have |
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>> copyright ownership over the logo, see |
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>> http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=78323020&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch |
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> So you say that the information given on this page: |
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> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Artwork/Artwork#Vector_version_.22g.22_logo |
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> is wrong? For example, for the second image it claims "Vector version |
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> by Lennart Andre Rolland, licensed under CC-BY-SA/2.5". |
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> Note that we are talking about copyright here, not about the |
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> trademark (which is owned by the Gentoo Foundation). |
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I'd say that if nothing else it is probably incomplete. |
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If I draw a picture, it is copyrighted by me (if it isn't a work for |
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hire, under US law). If somebody else draws the same picture, it is |
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copyrighted by me and the new author. I'd need the new author's |
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permission to use it, but so would the new author. |
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I don't know the whole history here, but you can't just draw a Gentoo |
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logo and claim sole copyright on it. You can't even legally |
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redistribute your own work without permission since it is a derivative |
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work. |
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Rich |