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Posting to project as it's not technical, nor is it for nfp as it's not |
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questioning the legal issue. |
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Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> To put it simply, anyone selling anything with a Gentoo logo on it is |
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> breaking the law, unless they are selling a Gentoo Linux CD. In other |
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> words, the only allowed commercial usage is when talking *about* Gentoo. |
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> The Friends of Gentoo e.V. have said repeatedly that they have some |
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> agreement with the Foundation. As a trustee, I never saw any such |
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> evidence. Any licenses given out by the Foundation for usage of our |
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> logos and name would need to be done in writing to have even the |
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> slightest chance of being legal. If they have documentation, I would |
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> like to see it. |
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> As for Cafepress and such, I check it every so often and report anyone |
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> using our logos and they take them down. I have a couple places on my |
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> radar, I just haven't gotten all of the paperwork finished and sent in. |
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Is it worth getting users who have legal experience/contacts, or indeed |
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groklaw et al to help stop this sort of thing? Or is this something the SFC |
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would handle on Gentoo's behalf? I am unsure if they would want to resource |
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it and I can't see Gentoo affording it, so that leaves it to the users to |
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help with :-) It shouldn't be taking up developer time imo. |
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