Re: Question about icons related to a trademark in a package

Francesco Poli <[email protected]> Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:38:15 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2025 15:47:10 +0100 Fabio Fantoni wrote:

[...]
> And would the copyright part I tried to do be correct?
[...]

In addition to what Soren has already commented about trademark laws, I
would like to point out that stating "License: CC0-1.0" for that icon
does not look correct to me.

First of all, the [icon] on SVG repo states "LICENSE: PD License",
which is not exactly CC0-v1.0 ...
The [explanation] of "PD License" (a very misleading tag, by the
way...) on SVG repo says that the author has waived his/her rights
under copyright law to the extend allowed by law, or that the work is
not eligible ("ineligable" looks like a typo, I think the text meant
"eligible") for copyright.

[icon]: <https://www.svgrepo.com/svg/513083/windows-174>
[explanation]: <https://www.svgrepo.com/page/licensing/#PD>

Well, public domain is difficult and varies wildly across
jurisdictions, so beware!
Please also read [section] 7.1.1 "Public domain" of the
Machine-readable debian/copyright file specification (version 1.0):
please explain why that icon should be considered in the public domain.

[section]: <https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/#license-short-name>


I hope this helps.
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