On Friday 27 July 2007 12:23:28 Daniel Kinzler wrote:
b) make the logos free content, and rely on
trademark law to protect them
against abuse. This would in theory be the best solution IMHO, but does not
seem feasible in practice (trademark registration is per country, for a
limited time, for a limited purpose, harder to enforce, and quite expensive
if done for all logos in many countries).
Indeed that's the very problem. And relying on moral rights (which could be an
option too) is a bit too weak for the Foundation.
But I have a third option:
How about creating a "community" icon? An icon that can be used by anyone who
likes, supports, reuses, whatever the project?