[Freedombox-discuss] copy-right/-left of visual logo & identity unclear

[Robert Martinez]

thanks for the great link.
It is really an interesting thought Benjamin Mako Hill is presenting there.
The approach to sacrifice control for popularity may truly be the right 
thing to do.
The question on my mind is: should we go for CC or a more complex 
solution like debian?


On 03/10/12 13:18, Alexander Stephen Thomas Ross wrote:
> Trademarks and free software: http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/20120902-00
>
> On 02/10/12 09:01, Robert Martinez wrote:
>> I'll make it available under whatever licence the FBXF needs it.
>> I just want to raise awareness of the danger of loosing control over the
>> identity here. If we release it under CC anybody could (for example)
>> create a FBX-fork with non-free software and use our exact logo. On the
>> other hand there might arise problems shipping a "completely free" FBX
>> with a non-free logo (Firefox debate comes to mind).
>> I'm not 100% percent sure on this and think a proper discussion before a
>> final decision would be a good thing to do.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Freedombox-discuss mailing list
> Freedombox-discuss at lists.alioth.debian.org
> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss 
>