Re: Please READ -> GNOME Logo Usage

[Mark Galassi <rosalia cygnus com>]

    Andreas> Perhaps the Redhat lawyer could consult upon this. As to
    Andreas> wheter Redhat should own the Trademark, I'm not that
    Andreas> sure. Me personally, I trust Redhat enough, but it would

I would not trust any company enough.  The FSF is better, since (even
though it is poorly managed) its charter is to promote software
freedome and nothing else.  But any for-profit company can give
control to venture capitalists, and can become less free-software
oriented.

    Andreas> Additionally, there should be strict guidelines when the
    Andreas> trademark can be used. (Is a commercial
    Andreas> fully-Gnome-compliant program entitled?)

If any one organization had the trademark, it would be nice if that
organization could grant an indefinite license for use in [...]