[Linux-aus] Trademarks for use with GPL

[Janet Hawtin <lucychili@internode.on.net>]

Greetings

There was some discussion about trademarks in Dunedin.

I was wondering if the FOSS community could propose a new type of
trademark specifically for distribution with GPL products.

eg.
Trademark TM - the version of your product's trademark for standard use.
Trademark GPL - the specific version of your trademark for distribution
of your x using a GPL license.
Trademark GPL Based - the version of your logo for x based but further
modded things being distributed using GPL.

Would it be possible to make this different *type* of mark so that
people do not have trouble with defending trademarks because they are
used in a gpl fashion? There is still a specified appropriate use, it is
just not the standard proprietory flavour, the mark and the appropriate
use can be prestated and commonly understood.

Just a thought

Janet