[Qgis-psc] Trademark issues

[Gary Sherman]

On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>
wrote:

> Il 09/10/2014 19:00, Anita Graser ha scritto:
>
> > On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Gary Sherman <gsherman at geoapt.com>
> wrote:
> >> To me, the requirement to obtain a sublicense implies a monetary cost.
> Is
> >> this stated anywhere?
> >
> > Could you clarify what you mean? Do you mean that only
> > products/services which are sold have to get a sublicense but not
> > things given away for free?
>
> IMHO it is perfectly reasonable to as for a fee for sublicencing, in case
> this is
> appropriate; of course it does not make sense for free services.
> That's why I suggested to establish a general frame, and proceed on a case
> by case basis.
> All the best.
>

I seriously doubt that people obtain a license when writing a book about an
open source software program.

As far as I'm concerned, the use of the name in that context falls under
fair use, as it could in other cases as well.

-gary

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