discuss: license issues
Subject:
Re: license issues
From:
doug jensen ####@####.####
Date:
28 Apr 2004 09:41:06 -0000
Message-Id: <20040428094033.GA7728@debian>
On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 11:54:39PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting doug jensen ####@####.####
"neither party will use the trademark "Creative Commons" or any related
trademark or logo of Creative Commons without the prior written consent
of Creative Commons."
The way you state ...
On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 10:15:53PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:
> ...no licence for use of CC's _marks_ has been conveyed above
> and beyond what is required to identify the licence in use.
is better than the way the license states ...
"neither party will use the trademark "Creative Commons" or any related
trademark or logo of Creative Commons without the prior written consent
of Creative Commons."
Your statement limits the scope, to what is needed to protect the
trademarks. The statement in the license leaves me wondering what a
creative lawyer could do with that text. I don't want to infringe on
Creative Commons trademarks, but I also want to be protected.
In the future, the trademarks could become the property of someone
that likes lawsuits. I don't want to say in court "But Your Honor,
I interpreted the license as Rick did." Only to have the plantifs
lawyer say "No, the license was intented to mean what it says,
neither party will use the trademark, Creative Commons..."
--
Doug Jensen
