Freedom Issue #1442
Trademarked logos
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Description
It looks like some other logos are trademarked.
First logo is GIMP.
Possible trademark: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gimp_logo_svg.svg
Second logo is Inkscape:
Trademark: https://inkscape.org/en/learn/faq/#how-are-inkscape-name-and-logo-protected
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Updated by isacdaavid over 6 years ago
- Status changed from open to info needed
what exactly about their trademark policy is a freedom issue?
in the case of inkscape the policy is drafted by one of the foremost free software organisations: Software Freedom Conservancy. and like most other trademark licenses used by free software projects, it seems to be sanely designed to prop up freedom while avoiding misrepresentations of endorsement. this requirement is no different than what the free copyright license in use for the logo (CC BY-SA 3.0) already asks for.
things aren't rendered nonfree just because they are trademarked; in analogy to how they aren't automatically nonfree just because they aren't in the public domain.
Updated by Anonymous over 6 years ago
isacdaavid wrote:
what exactly about their trademark policy is a freedom issue?
in the case of inkscape the policy is drafted by one of the foremost free software organisations: Software Freedom Conservancy. and like most other trademark licenses used by free software projects, it seems to be sanely designed to prop up freedom while avoiding misrepresentations of endorsement. this requirement is no different than what the free copyright license in use for the logo (CC BY-SA 3.0) already asks for.
things aren't rendered nonfree just because they are trademarked; in analogy to how they aren't automatically nonfree just because they aren't in the public domain.
Trademarks are restricting users freedom.
Updated by isacdaavid over 6 years ago
- Related to Freedom Issue #1440: Blender, SuperTuxKart and The Battle for Wesnoth. added