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Skribent: Olaf Meeuwissen
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Til: devuan developers internal list
Emne: Re: [devuan-dev] granting authorization for Devuan developers to use Debian trademark
Hi,

Daniel Pocock writes:

> On 10/08/2022 18:44, Hendrik Boom wrote:
>
>> let me contrast this with https://www.debian.org/News/2021/20211117
>> which appears to be Debian's statement disavowing Daniel Pocock.
>>
>> Not sure what to conclude from this.
>
> I resigned from some of my roles in free software organizations at a
> time when I lost two family members
>
> Normal people expressed sympathy and support. There are some people
> around Debian who have a very unhealthy lifestyle, they don't have a job
> or family at all, they spend all day on social media posting defamation
> like that.
>
> Nonetheless, you can go to swissreg.ch and see that I really own the
> trademark.
>
> The document on the WIPO web site is 11 pages but only this one line
> matters:
>
> "After the Complaint was filed, the Software Freedom Institute SA filed
> an application on May 14, 2022 for Swiss trademark registration number
> 782335 for DEBIAN, which was registered on June 8, 2022, specifying
> computer software and hardware in class 9. *That trademark registration
> remains current ...*"
>
> You can print a copy of my blog, print a copy of the statement from
> swissreg.ch and keep them. Even if I get hit by a bus, if you register
> a debian.something domain today, you will be able to keep the domain
> using my documents as proof.
>
> If the Debian lawyers somehow cancel my trademark then any domains
> registered after that day will be questionable. Any domains registered
> today are valid and you get to keep them. Go for it.
>
> I just noticed that nobody has registered devuan.community - don't wait!


I guess that's in relation to https://debian.community ...

As Hendrik, I'm also not sure what to make of this ...
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Olaf Meeuwissen