Re: Free Software Logo

[Marcus Wilson]

   I really like this logo.  It has the simple elegance you need  when the
   scale of the image is going to vary.

   Thank you very much for this!

   -mnw

   On Thu, Oct 29, 2020, at 11:26 AM, Aaron Wolf wrote:

   On 2020-10-29 9:22 a.m., Jean Louis wrote:

   > * Aaron Wolf <[1]wolftune@riseup.net> [2020-10-29 19:00]:

   >>

   >> On 2020-10-29 8:40 a.m., Jean Louis wrote:

   >>

   >>> Did you see other logos on GNU website? That is what I meant. And

   >>> there is no such  thing as control of "free software logos" in the

   >>> context of trademarks, GNU and free software dedicated groups do
   not

   >>> follow trademark doctrines. Open source groups do.

   >>>

   >>

   >> GNU and free software  *do* follow Trademark law. See e.g.

   >> [2]https://www.gnu.org/graphics/agnuhead.html

   >>

   >> "The GNU head is, however, also a trademark for the GNU Project. If
   you

   >> want to use the GNU head to link to a website run by the Free
   Software

   >> Foundation or the GNU project, feel free, or if you're using it in

   >> contexts talking about GNU in a supportive and accurate way, you can

   >> also do this without permission. For any other requests, please ask

   >> <[3]licensing@fsf.org> for permission first."

   >

   > Of course I know that. That is slightly beyond the point that I have

   > mentioned and tried to clarify. There is way how would FSF and GNU go

   > about the trademark violation and there is way how Mozilla or Rust

   > would go about trademark violations.

   >

   > FSF and GNU would most probably do no legal action against

   > perpetrator, RMS would give few public remarks if GNU software would

   > be used with proprietary software. Though I do not believe there
   would

   > be court process, threats or similar. It would be in the spirit of

   > friendship and friendly kind of ensuring observance.

   >

   > Legal option would be really the last.

   >

   > I am not representative for GNU. This is my opinion based on last 20

   > years of observation.

   >

   I don't think it has happened that proprietary software ever claimed to

   be GNU, but if that happened, the GNU project *would* take legal action

   if they couldn't first get voluntary compliance. The FSF is not opposed

   to legal enforcement of trademarks and copyrights (copylefts in this
   case).

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References

   1. mailto:wolftune@riseup.net
   2. https://www.gnu.org/graphics/agnuhead.html
   3. mailto:licensing@fsf.org
   4. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
   5. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss