Bug#587482: The Debian open logo with "Debian" is not compliant to the Debian policy

[Francesco Poli]

On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:17:59 +0200 Pompee William wrote:

[...]
> This package includes several modified versions of the Debian open logo
> with "Debian" which the license is not compliant with the Debian policy.
[...]
> whereas the Debian policy §2.1 (aka DFSG) says:
> 
> 
>    "License Must Not Be Specific to Debian
[...]

IMHO, the problem is not much with DFSG#8, but, above all, with DFSG#3
and DFSG#6.
But anyway, I agree that the Debian Open Use Logo with the "Debian"
text fails to comply with the DFSG, and it seems that this is
intentionally so:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2008/11/msg00048.html
http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2008/11/msg00063.html

Hence, as far as I can tell, there are two options:

 (a) the decision on the licensing of the Open Use Logo with the
"Debian" text is changed and that logo is re-licensed under the Expat
license (just like the Open Use Logo  without the "Debian" text)

 (b) any copy (or derivative work) of the Open Use Logo with the
"Debian" text included in main is removed (or replaced by the Open Use
Log without the "Debian" text)

I would personally prefer option (a), if at all possible.


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