On Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:47:16 +0200 Matthias Klumpp <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am Do., 18. Juli 2019 um 14:58 Uhr schrieb Harald Sitter <[email protected]>: > > [...] > > I just want to add to the discussion that asking Jussi Pakkanen to > make changes to the licensing is also always an option. Jussi is a > great person, and would certainly be helpful with this. > I think using copyright to keep a trademark of Meson is indeed the > point here, and maybe KDE e.V. could even offer advice on that matter. > As for the license of the logo itself, at least from a Debian > standpoint it would likely be considered non-free, which doesn't > actually have any impact yet though, as meson is a CLI tool. > > Cheers, > Matthias > I have already asked Jussi to make changes, and he would be okay with a fair use section, however, actually writing the license is the problem since this is a complicated issue. From #mesonbuild IRC: > <mensinda> Would it be possible to include a fair use section (similar to > https://www.qt.io/trademark/), or be more specific what would be allowed with > your permission (redistribution, etc.) > <jpakkane> Yes, and if there was a generally accepted fair use license I > would totally use one. But there isn't, and I _don't_ want to get into > writing license legalese myself. So some advice from someone who knows how to write a license would certainly be appreciated (since I also don't feel that I know enough about that legal stuff to write a license). Is there someone specifically that the meson project / I could ask about this? Daniel
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