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#use wml::debian::template title="Debian's Trademark" |
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<h2>Trademark Licensing Policy</h2> |
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<p><em>Debian</em> is registered trademark of <a |
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href="http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/trademarks/">Software in the Public |
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Interest, Inc.</a> and managed by the Debian project.</p> |
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<p>The trademark was <a |
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href="http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=75386376">registered</a> |
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the 21st of December of 1999 but has been in use since August 1993. It is |
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registered under the Nice Class 009: <q>Computer Utility and Operating |
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System Software</q>. |
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</p> |
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<p>The current policy was <a |
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href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-announce/debian-announce-1998/msg00006.html">announced</a> by |
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Bruce Perens, Debian Project Leader, in 1998:</p> |
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<p><q>We allow all businesses to make reasonable use of the <q>Debian</q> trademark. |
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For example, if you make a CD of our Debian GNU/Linux distribution, you can |
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call that product <q>Debian</q>. If you want to use the name in some other way, you |
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should ask us <strong>first</strong>.</q></p> |
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<p><q>To be fair to all businesses, we insist that no business use the name |
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<q>Debian</q> in the name of the business, or a domain name of the business.</q></p> |
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<h3>Work in Progress</h3> |
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<p>As <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/10/msg00003.html">announced</a> |
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by Martin Michlmayr, Debian Project Leader, in 2003 (also available |
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as SPI resolution <a href="http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2003/2003-06-03.bmh.1/">2003-06-03-bmh.1</a>), a Trademark Committee was started |
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to review SPI's trademark policy. This committee can be contacted at |
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<a href="http://lists.spi-inc.org/listinfo/spi-trademark">\ |
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spi-trademark@lists.spi-inc.org</a>.</p> |
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<p>Currently there are two drafts for the trademark policy, one drafted by <a |
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href="http://wiki.mako.cc/TrademarkFreedom">Benjamin Mako Hill</a> and a |
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different one drafted by |
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<a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ProposedTrademarkPolicy">Branden Robinson</a>.</p> |
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<h2>Registration outside the US</h2> |
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<p>A similar trademark has been registered by some other associations related to the |
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Debian Project over the world, this includes <a |
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href="http://www.debian.or.jp">debian JP</a> in Japan (<a |
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href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2002/09/msg00161.html">registered</a> |
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in 2002), as well as Stiftelsen SLX Debian Labs in Norway, |
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<a href="http://www.debian.org.es">Debian Spain Association</a> in Spain |
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(registered in 2007) and Vincent Renardias in France.</p> |
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<h2>Organisations licensed to use the trademark</h2> |
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<p>The following organistions have been licensed to use |
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the Debian trademark through a License Agreement:</p> |
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<li>Stiftelsen SLX Debian Labs, per SPI's resolution |
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<a href="http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2004/2004-01-05.bmh.1/">\ |
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2004-01-05.bmh.1</a>.</li> |
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<li>Vincent Renardias and <q>Les logiciels du soleil</q>, per SPI's resolution |
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<a href="http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/1999/1999-08-06.mgs/">\ |
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1999-08-06.mgs</a>.</li> |
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<li>The Debian UK Society, <a |
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href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2005/08/msg00280.html">by Branden |
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Robinson</a>, Debian Project Leader.</li> |
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