<div dir="auto">Laura, I am not a lawyer, but the inclusion of a trademarked logo does not make software nonfree. Software is copyrighted after all; it's the license that brings freedom to it. In the absence of a formal trademark agreement, lawyers look at the way a trademark is used, and what the trademark owner has tolerated. In the case of OLPC, there is clearly a longstanding policy of approval, given the shared history of OLPC and Sugar, and the use of the logo in good faith with OLPC's principles.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We have defended the Sugar Labs trademark in the past, and will do so again if there is usage in bad faith or through ignorance. The GNOME Foundation may very well defend its trademark if the proposed new logo is published, which is why major branding changes must always be reviewed — due diligence to avoid a trademark dispute is part of any rebranding process.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Walter asked the SFC for clarification on this issue eight years ago, but to my knowledge we didn't receive a legal opinion then. It hasn't been a problem, because our use of the OLPC logo has always been in good faith, with their knowledge. There is no urgency in the proposed change.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sean.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Le jeu. 14 sept. 2017 à 07:58, Laura Vargas <<a href="mailto:laura@somosazucar.org">laura@somosazucar.org</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">2017-09-14 6:56 GMT-05:00 Martin Abente <span><<a href="mailto:martin.abente.lahaye@gmail.com" target="_blank">martin.abente.lahaye@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span>On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 7:40 AM, Laura Vargas <span><<a href="mailto:laura@somosazucar.org" target="_blank">laura@somosazucar.org</a>></span> wrote:<br></span><span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Walter,<br><br></div>Nobody needs to be a lawyer to understand this.<br><b><br></b></div><b>We (sugar labs users) simply didn't have permission to do use therefore it was removed.</b><br><br></div><br>Any one else interested in Sugar UI in the Community is welcome to join forces and help me address this issue as an opportunity for the Community to work together engaging in a Collaborative Design Dynamic and if required define a more suitable substitute for Sebastian's commit.<br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></span><div>How can you say "work together" and "engaging in a Collaborative design" while Sebastian just pushed to master his own design unilaterally. Revert it, and then someone might take this invitation seriously.<br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><div>I cannot revert it since the OLPC logo has a Trademark and it will make Sugar not Free/Libre Software.<br><br></div><div>I propose October 1 to 15 for the Marathon.<br><br></div><div>Regards<br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><div class="gmail_extra">-- <br><div class="m_-284479063157912117gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>Laura V.<br><font color="#ff00ff"><b>
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