<br><font size=2><tt>On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Larry M. Augustin wrote:<br>
> I don't believe you need a license to the trademark Foo to say a piece
of<br>
> software is "Foo-based", "derived from Foo", or
"based on Foo". That's<br>
> simply an expression of fact describing the origin of the code in
the<br>
> derivative work. I believe you could require attribution of
that form<br>
> without granting a license to the trademark.<br>
<br>
That's what led me to think the same thing about logos - the web has tons
<br>
of little box logos, e.g. "get Firefox", "IE 5.0 only"
(hah), "created by <br>
WordPress", etc., and no one's telling those holders their marks are
at <br>
risk.</tt></font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Just be mindful of the difference between
the fair uses of textual trademarks referenced above in examples (by Larry)
and the requirement of a license to use a logo.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">David</font>
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