Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:53:42 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: kpneal@pobox.com Cc: m.fujimoto@rocketmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Message-ID: <20140315175342.23ad4ac7.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20140315164618.GA28642@neutralgood.org> References: <1394862552.77754.YahooMailBasic@web125805.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <53240450.8070308@FreeBSD.org> <20140315170858.d48c39ec2eb4a193e21917c4@rocketmail.com> <20140315165458.1b2a9ae6@fabiankeil.de> <1394900997.3587.176.camel@archlinux> <20140315164618.GA28642@neutralgood.org>
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On Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:46:18 -0400, kpneal@pobox.com wrote: > On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 05:29:57PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Sat, 2014-03-15 at 16:54 +0100, Fabian Keil wrote: > > > Masayoshi Fujimoto <m.fujimoto@rocketmail.com> wrote: > > >=20 > > > > Even personal use, I need permission? > > >=20 > > > Legally it depends on the country you live in. > > >=20 > > > In many (most?) countries you do not need the FreeBSD foundation's > > > permission to use the logo on a T-shirt for personal use. > >=20 > > In German we have a saying for legal gray areas: "Wo kein Kl=E4ger, da > > kein Richter!" I didn't find a translation for this idiom. >=20 > I know about as much German as any other single-language native English > speaker. But there is the more general English expression "Better safe > than sorry." It doesn't really translate to the above statement, which can be sloppily translated as "[where] no plaintiff,=20 [there] no judge" and basically means as long as nobody will complain, no decision (for example by a court) will be made. > My point is that if you are a fan of FreeBSD then it will be good for the > project to work with the relevant people regarding FreeBSD's trademarks. > Please avoid putting the project in a position where it will end up looki= ng > bad. I'd say the intention shown in the initial question is very positive and should probably find support by the responsible persons from The FreeBSD Foundation. But as you said: Knowing the _local_ law in this case won't hurt. --=20 Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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