[Pkg-rust-maintainers] Bug#1013920: rust-all: Debian violating Rust Trademark (as serious a situation as "iceweasel")

[Geert Stappers]

On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 03:00:22PM +0100, lkcl wrote:
> hi Geert,

;-)


> sorry i have an odd mailer which can only toppost.

Acknowledge on "odd mailer"  and thanks for NOT
poluting the Bug Tracking System with topposts (thanks
for preventing needless scrolling)

> as in the initial post, i found a link that indicates that such explicit
> requests are in direct violation of DFSG Section 8, namely that others
> (including Derivatives) may take the source that goes through Debian
> and continue to use and distribute it without limit or restriction.

Ah, I missed that.


> the message to the Mozilla Foundation needs to be more along the lines,
> "please remove the restriction from the Trademark License so that we
> may comply with DFSG Section 8, otherwise we have to do an iceweasel".

Yeah, avoiding another iceweasel is a good thing.


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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