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On Monday, January 16, 2017 1:23:59 PM EST Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> > SPI does not want property just money. They do not own the projects or |
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> > anything of the sort. SPI handles the money, that is it! |
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> Uh, you obviously didn't read the link I posted earlier: |
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> https://www.debian.org/trademark |
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> In particular: |
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> As a part of this process, the Debian trademark is a registered United |
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> States trademark of Software in the Public Interest, Inc., managed by |
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> the Debian project. |
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This explains it in more detail. Debian likely has a special relationship as |
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the SPI was founded by Debian developers. Seems the SPI owns Debian, not just |
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Trademark but Copyright as well. |
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"Software in the Public Interest, Inc. is a tax-exempt non-profit corporation |
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based in the United States of America, founded by Debian people in 1997 to |
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help free software/hardware organisations." |
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https://www.debian.org/donations |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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