Re: Minutes of the Board meeting 2005 June 15

[David Neary <dneary free fr>]

Hi,

Vincent Untz wrote:
> Le vendredi 24 juin 2005 �2:12 +0200, David Neary a �it :
> > PS. Another reason to have logo modifications go through the board is 
> > that we'd like to hear about all the user groups out there.
>
> This is a bad reason: you'll already know the user groups since they'll
> (hopefully) accept the trademark agreement :-)

Sure, it's not a good reason. But it's a reason :) We like to know what 
people are doing with the foot.

> Hrm... Does this also mean that the local groups will need to protect
> their logos like the Foundation is doing, according to the same rules?

No. Registering a trademark is a choice, and since groups logos are 
going to be derivatives of our marks, it is unclear that such a usage 
could legally be trademarked in any case.

Cheers,
Dave.

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Dave Neary
bolsh gimp org
Lyon, France