Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 12:21:39 -0500 From: "Aaron Peterson" <lloyd.peterson@gmail.com> To: "Kevin Kinsey" <kdk@daleco.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: We want tu use your company name and logo Message-ID: <95550eab0603030921y5b85d4f7kb2f6fbba1a8929e7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4408791C.2020208@daleco.biz> References: <BAY112-F15CE51EBA534F5D12A315189F50@phx.gbl> <4408791C.2020208@daleco.biz>
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On 3/3/06, Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote: > Ercan Pamuk wrote: > > > Esteemed competent, > > > I am Ercan Pamuk.I live in Turkey.I am a computer expert and a partner > > of the SkyTech computer which actives in Turkey.In our company we work > > on setting up the Linux systems and their technical supporting. > > Very good. I am nobody in particular and live in the USA, where I use > FreeBSD in my business and in my home. Peace be unto you. > > > In our company we want to sell T-shirts,glasses,caps that are > products of > > FreeBSD Linux which we give them system supporting in our company. > > We want to use Slackware FreeBSD Linux Logos at this products which > > we want to sell.This work plays a part in advertising you and your > products. > > At the same time this work causes to be loved and used your products a= nd > > also increases the requests of your products. > > Your e-mail brightened the day of many FreeBSD users; as your primary > language is not English, there were a few grins about the following > statements: > > "products of FreeBSD Linux" > > --- Linux and FreeBSD and distinct entities (e.g. $linux !=3D > $FreeBSD). > Although they are both "Unix-like" operating systems, saying "FreeBSD Lin= ux" > is something of a contradiction in terms to FreeBSD users. > > "We want to use Slackware FreeBSD Linux Logos at this products" > > --- again, these are distinct entities, so you probably wanted to > say: > > "We want to use Slackware, FreeBSD, and Linux logos on the products > that we want to sell." > > > > Is there a problem selling T-shirts,glasses,caps in Turkey by using yo= ur > > company name and logo? > > > There could be some problems, but no one at "questions@freebsd.org" > has the power to answer you authoritatively. We do appreciate you > asking, though; respect for the intellectual property of others is part > of the FreeBSD tradition, and you might have noticed if you have read > the BSD licenses and copyrights. > > In regard to your specific question, see: > > http://www.freebsd.org/art.html#USE > > for more information about the various logos, their owners > and licensing. > > > Thanks... > > > Yours respectfully.... > > And to you, also. > > Kevin Kinsey Rock on d00d, well said :-) Aaron
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