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

Robert Martinez mail at mray.de
Thu Oct 4 10:13:40 UTC 2012


I would go for CC by-sa directly.

But the attribution would then have to go to me - and not the FBXF :/
Or am I missing something?


On 04/10/12 11:53, uniqx wrote:
> cc would be very nice, because most people would already know what
> rights they'll get. as opposed to considering the implications of
> complying to yet another new license. i suppose cc by-nc-sa would be a
> good choice for giving the community something to work with, but i'm no
> lawyer thou ...
>
> i'm just not sure if non commercial is a good idea, because of hardware
> manufacturers, who will probably want to but the banding on their
> products. i also would like to see all freedombox packages in the free
> debian repository without re-branding, but i don't know the relevant
> criteria here.
>
>
> On 03.10.2012 21:46, Robert Martinez wrote:
>> 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.
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