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Re: Moodle trademark



On 9/12/2010 8:42 PM, Steve Langasek wrote:
> Simply put, a trademark license, even a restrictive one, has no impact on
> DFSG compliance because it's unrelated to whether or not you use the
> software in question.

PMI, but isn't that exactly opposite the reasoning behind the
Firefox/Iceweasel rebrand?

> Also, please don't ask trademark holders for permission to package software
> under the trademarked name; this only leads to the confused belief that we
> *need* such permission to use trademarks as package names, and we don't.

Isn't it a good idea to CYA when you're not sure? Or has Debian taken an
Ask for forgiveness later rather than permission now policy?

-- 

Morgan Gangwere

>> Why?
> Because it breaks the logical flow of conversation, plus makes
messages unreadable.
>>> Top-Posting is evil.

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