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[Steve Holden]

russnelson at gmail.com wrote:
> Steve Holden wrote:
> 
> 
>>Far answers to this and all other (as far as I can determine)
>>hypothetical questions please refer to the license.
> 
> 
> But note that no OSI certified open source license will grant the right
> to use a trademark.  You gain trademark rights by having control over
> the quality of the described quantity.  If you give up control (which
> the OSD requires), you cannot grant the right to use the trademark, or,
> if you do, then you will lose the ability to enforce the trademark.
> 
If by "the OSD" you are referring to the open source definition at

   http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php

there is nothing in there about trademarks referring to open source 
technology. Python is released under an OSI-approved license, but the 
Python Software Foundation owns and retains the rights to the Python 
trademark.

regards
  Steve
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