<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, May 12, 2019 at 8:20 AM Sam Hartman <<a href="mailto:hartmans@debian.org">hartmans@debian.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">>>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick Schleizer <<a href="mailto:adrelanos@riseup.net" target="_blank">adrelanos@riseup.net</a>> writes:<br>
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Patrick> Hi Chris, we, the developers of Whonix (a derivative of<br>
Patrick> Debian), are planning to create yet another derivative of<br>
Patrick> Debian. A version with security enhancements enabled by<br>
Patrick> default.<br>
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Patrick> We yet need to decide on a suitable name. Concerning the<br>
Patrick> Debian trademark, following [1] [2], do you think any of<br>
Patrick> the following names would infringe the Debian trademark /<br>
Patrick> confuse our derivative with the original, Debian?<br>
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Hi.<br>
As of the end of April, Chris's term as Debian Project Leader ended and<br>
my term began.<br>
I wish you the best of luck in developing your new derivative. I hope<br>
that you contribute as much of the code as you can back to Debian.<br>
<br>
With regard to the trademark, according to [1] above, you should contact<br>
our Trademark Team with this question. They can be reached at<br>
<a href="mailto:trademark@debian.org" target="_blank">trademark@debian.org</a>.<br>
I've forwarded your request.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Hi Patrick! Thank you for your support, and thank you for asking. </div><div><br></div><div>Generally we don't encourage any derivatives to use parts of Debian's name in their name, as it increases likelihood of confusion that it's an official product of the Debian Project. </div><div><br></div><div>That said, we are perfectly happy with derivatives saying true statements like "..., based on Debian" or "Debian based". </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Brian</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
--Sam<br>
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