<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Messaggio inoltrato ----------<br>Da: "Francesca Ciceri" <<a href="mailto:madamezou@debian.org">madamezou@debian.org</a>><br>Data: 01/mar/2013 18:09<br>Oggetto: Discover Debian's hassle-free trademarks, use them to promote Debian<br>
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The Debian Project <a href="http://www.debian.org/" target="_blank">http://www.debian.org/</a><br>
Discover Debian's hassle-free trademarks, use them to promote Debian<br>
<a href="mailto:press@debian.org">press@debian.org</a><br>
March 1st, 2013 <a href="http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130301" target="_blank">http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130301</a><br>
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The Debian Project is pleased to announce that, according to the terms<br>
of the new trademark policy [1], Debian logos and marks may now be used<br>
freely [2] for both non-commercial and commercial purposes. The Debian<br>
Project encourages wide use of its marks in all ways that promote Debian<br>
and free software.<br>
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1: <a href="http://www.debian.org/trademark#policy" target="_blank">http://www.debian.org/trademark#policy</a><br>
2: <a href="http://www.debian.org/intro/free" target="_blank">http://www.debian.org/intro/free</a><br>
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Stefano Zacchiroli, current Debian Project Leader and one of the main<br>
promoters of the new trademark policy, said "Software freedoms and<br>
trademarks are a difficult match. We all want to see well-known project<br>
names used to promote free software, but we cannot risk they will be<br>
abused to trick users into downloading proprietary spyware. With the<br>
help of SPI [3] and SFLC [4], we have struck a good balance in our new<br>
trademark policy. Among other positive things, it allows all sorts of<br>
commercial use; we only recommend clearly informing customers about how<br>
much of the sale price will be donated to Debian."<br>
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3: <a href="http://www.spi-inc.org/" target="_blank">http://www.spi-inc.org/</a><br>
4: <a href="http://www.softwarefreedom.org/" target="_blank">http://www.softwarefreedom.org/</a><br>
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As the arrival of the new stable release, Debian 7.0 "Wheezy",<br>
approaches, vendors are encouraged to create Wheezy-themed merchandise<br>
(t-shirts, stickers, mugs, etc.), using the upcoming release's<br>
artwork [5].<br>
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5: <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Joy" target="_blank">http://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/Joy</a><br>
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We further invite you to check out the current list of Debian<br>
merchandise vendors [6], and see the information at the bottom of the<br>
page if you would like to be added to it.<br>
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6: <a href="http://www.debian.org/misc/merchandise" target="_blank">http://www.debian.org/misc/merchandise</a><br>
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About Debian<br>
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The Debian Project was founded in 1993 by Ian Murdock to be a truly free<br>
community project. Since then the project has grown to be one of the<br>
largest and most influential open source projects. Thousands of<br>
volunteers from all over the world work together to create and maintain<br>
Debian software. Available in 70 languages, and supporting a huge range<br>
of computer types, Debian calls itself the "universal operating system".<br>
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