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

Fabio Fantoni <[email protected]> Tue, 23 Dec 2025 20:31:29 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.devel.legal
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Il 23/12/2025 19:38, Francesco Poli ha scritto:
> 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.
> Season's greetings!
>
>
Thanks for your replies, I wrote CC0-1.0 because on 
https://www.svgrepo.com/page/licensing/#PD I found:

> /(As visual work) This license also might be referred as No copyright 
> or CC0 1.0 Universal PD Dedication on our website./

this can be correct?

> Files: icons/symbolic/xsi-applications-wine-symbolic.svg
> Copyright: none
> License: public-domain
>  SVG Repo lists this icon under "PD License", indicating the author has
>  waived copyright to the extent allowed by law. The icon is used solely
>  for referential purposes to indicate Windows platform compatibility.
>  .
>  Note: Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
>  Use of this icon does not imply endorsement by Microsoft.
>  .
>  Source: https://www.svgrepo.com/svg/513083/windows-174

I don't know how else to do it.

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