Draft Debian trademark policy: Difference between revisions

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This is a draft of a Debian Trademark Policy. This is not an official or accepted policy or even a complete draft of one. It's a set of notes that explain the thinking of some interested parties on the issues involved.

The goal of the document is to explain the nature of trademark law to users and to create a policy that is "as free as possible" within the current limitations of trademark law and that simplifies, streamlines, explains, and documents common cases.

Since the desire of this policy is one shared by several other organizations, it can/should be rewritten to serve as a more generic trademark policy for organizations.

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You Cannot Use the License If....

You are referring to a private company that is involved in the production or promotion of non-free software disconnected to Debian.
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Use Cases

use cases should be here

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-== Licensing Procedures ==
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-* DPL makes decisions in clear cases.
-* If DPL is conflicted, delegates the decision to a committee of three disinterested Debian Developers.
-* licensing framework and decision-making processes
-=== Disputes / Violations ===
-The DPL is responsible to ensure the resolution of disputes.
-What is a violation? How to tell.
-If you think you really have a violation, this is what you should:
-* Email a (to be created) alias at trademarks@debian.org which will be forward to leader@debian.org , legal@spi-inc.org , spi-trademark@lists.spi-inc.org , and any listed delegates of the DPL.
 == You Cannot Use the License If.... ==