From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IWk0W-0005Au-8X for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:37:12 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l8G2TOhG002655; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:29:24 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l8G2TNuM002635 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:29:24 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AECDE65592 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:29:23 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: 0.998 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.998 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.503, BAYES_50=0.001, RCVD_NUMERIC_HELO=1.5] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9qcpp+WJYr1D for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:29:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E81AC6557E for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:29:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IWjsf-00031e-LR for gentoo-project@gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:29:05 +0200 Received: from 82.153.10.104 ([82.153.10.104]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:29:05 +0200 Received: from slong by 82.153.10.104 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 16 Sep 2007 04:29:05 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org From: Steve Long Subject: [gentoo-project] Re: Unpermitted distribution of Gentoo shirts and mugs? Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:32:20 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20070915115827.57b00669@localhost> <1189881991.1014.5.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.153.10.104 User-Agent: KNode/0.10.4 Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 94bda1f7-5f58-43d8-9133-ac1c6451cbdc X-Archives-Hash: 12e1ebd635a23b4bd534988a5e4251b6 Posting to project as it's not technical, nor is it for nfp as it's not questioning the legal issue. Chris Gianelloni wrote: > > To put it simply, anyone selling anything with a Gentoo logo on it is > breaking the law, unless they are selling a Gentoo Linux CD. In other > words, the only allowed commercial usage is when talking *about* Gentoo. > > The Friends of Gentoo e.V. have said repeatedly that they have some > agreement with the Foundation. As a trustee, I never saw any such > evidence. Any licenses given out by the Foundation for usage of our > logos and name would need to be done in writing to have even the > slightest chance of being legal. If they have documentation, I would > like to see it. > > As for Cafepress and such, I check it every so often and report anyone > using our logos and they take them down. I have a couple places on my > radar, I just haven't gotten all of the paperwork finished and sent in. > Is it worth getting users who have legal experience/contacts, or indeed groklaw et al to help stop this sort of thing? Or is this something the SFC would handle on Gentoo's behalf? I am unsure if they would want to resource it and I can't see Gentoo affording it, so that leaves it to the users to help with :-) It shouldn't be taking up developer time imo. -- gentoo-project@gentoo.org mailing list