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On Sat, 2007-09-15 at 11:58 +0300, Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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> Is that legal? |
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All legal questions should *always* be directed to the trustees. |
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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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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering Strategic Lead |
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Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams |
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Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee |
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Gentoo Foundation |
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