Re: GNOME trademark guidelines and user group agreement

[David Neary <dneary free fr>]

Hi Alan,

Can you explain to me the relationship between the GPL, and the logo?

I mean, is the GPL (for image files) essentially equivalent to a CC 
share-alike licence? What impact does distributing (say) a foot as a PNG 
have in the actual representation of the shape of the foot, or its 
representation as (say) an SVG? As far as I know, the GNOME foot has 
never been released in a vector format under the GPL.

Let's say that it was a mistake, or that distributing the foot under the 
GPL is incompatible with defending it as a trademark - what remedy do 
you think we should consider?

Cheers,
Dave.

Alan Cox wrote:
> > That's what it says. I believe that we are going to handle logo 
> > modifications on a case-by-case basis. Please let us know if you want to 
> > use a modified logo, and as long as it's a reasonable usage, there will 
> > be no problem.
>
>
> The logo has repeatedly been supplied as part of official GNOME
> distribution products labelled as GPL and when this has been pointed out
> the board has neither replied nor taken action to correct or indicate
> this was a mistake.
>
> Alan

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Dave Neary
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