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  • "Debian red" used to describe color of clothing

    From =?UTF-8?Q?Bj=C3=B6rn_Andersson?=@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 29 22:00:02 2017
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    Hi all,

    I stumbled across a redish tunic blouse on ebay that has its color
    described as "debian red": http://www.ebay.com/itm/SIMPLY-EMMA-WOMEN-PLUS-2X-3X-HI-LO-ELEGANT-DEBIAN-RED-TUNIC-TOP-BLOUSE-SHIRT-/262875113008

    Has anyone ever seen "debian red" being used to describe non-debian related items in this way before?

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    <div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I stumbled across a redish tunic blouse on ebay that has its color described as &quot;debian red&quot;: <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/SIMPLY-EMMA-WOMEN-PLUS-2X-3X-HI-LO-ELEGANT-DEBIAN-RED-TUNIC-TOP-BLOUSE-
    SHIRT-/262875113008">http://www.ebay.com/itm/SIMPLY-EMMA-WOMEN-PLUS-2X-3X-HI-LO-ELEGANT-DEBIAN-RED-TUNIC-TOP-BLOUSE-SHIRT-/262875113008</a></div><div><br></div><div>Has anyone ever seen &quot;debian red&quot; being used to describe non-debian related
    items in this way before?</div></div>

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  • From Paul Wise@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 30 08:20:01 2017
    On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 2:55 AM, Björn Andersson wrote:

    Has anyone ever seen "debian red" being used to describe non-debian related items in this way before?

    A quick web search finds this Nokia device:

    http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/Nokia-Chooses-Bizarre-Debian-Red-Color-Name-for-Its-Windows-Phone-Firmware-454521.shtml
    http://www.windowscentral.com/first-photos-lumia-730-new-debian-red-firmware

    A bunch of colour sites define it too:

    https://colors.findthedata.com/l/721/Debian-Red
    http://www.colorhexa.com/d70a53
    http://www.99colors.net/name/debian-red

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    pabs

    https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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  • From Wouter Verhelst@21:1/5 to Paul Wise on Sun Apr 30 21:20:01 2017
    On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 01:18:28PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
    On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 2:55 AM, Bj�rn Andersson wrote:
    Has anyone ever seen "debian red" being used to describe non-debian related items in this way before?

    A quick web search finds this Nokia device:

    http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/Nokia-Chooses-Bizarre-Debian-Red-Color-Name-for-Its-Windows-Phone-Firmware-454521.shtml
    http://www.windowscentral.com/first-photos-lumia-730-new-debian-red-firmware

    A bunch of colour sites define it too:

    https://colors.findthedata.com/l/721/Debian-Red http://www.colorhexa.com/d70a53
    http://www.99colors.net/name/debian-red

    I suspect that the official naming of that color as "Debian Red" is a
    result of the trademarking of our logo. Strangely though, the #D70A53
    color does not match the color definition of the swirl (or the dot of
    the "i") in the open logo, which has #A80030 instead.

    Side note: wasn't using our name in the code name of some other software product a dilution of our trademark? IANAL, but I suspect that it is.

    It's probably too late to do something about a three-year-old codename,
    though.

    --
    < ron> I mean, the main *practical* problem with C++, is there's like a dozen
    people in the world who think they really understand all of its rules,
    and pretty much all of them are just lying to themselves too.
    -- #debian-devel, OFTC, 2016-02-12

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  • From Wouter Verhelst@21:1/5 to Paul Wise on Mon May 1 11:20:01 2017
    On Mon, May 01, 2017 at 09:06:17AM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
    On Sun, 2017-04-30 at 20:12 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
    Side note: wasn't using our name in the code name of some other software product a dilution of our trademark? IANAL, but I suspect that it is.

    It wasn't used as the code name of the software, but the name of the
    theme based on the 'Debian Red' colour. Journalists were mistaken.

    No! They couldn't be! That never happens!

    </sarcasm>

    --
    < ron> I mean, the main *practical* problem with C++, is there's like a dozen
    people in the world who think they really understand all of its rules,
    and pretty much all of them are just lying to themselves too.
    -- #debian-devel, OFTC, 2016-02-12

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  • From Paul Wise@21:1/5 to Wouter Verhelst on Mon May 1 04:10:02 2017
    On Sun, 2017-04-30 at 20:12 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:

    I suspect that the official naming of that color as "Debian Red" is a
    result of the trademarking of our logo. Strangely though, the #D70A53
    color does not match the color definition of the swirl (or the dot of
    the "i") in the open logo, which has #A80030 instead.

    That is partially explained here:

    https://wiki.debian.org/DebianLogo#The_red_color

    "HEX - #d70a53  - conversion by Gimp (a color which by the way seems to
    be called "Debian Red" officially, see e.g. this page)"

    I also seem to remember Debian merchandise produced by Debian folks
    favouring this colour over the other Debian red colours.

    Side note: wasn't using our name in the code name of some other software product a dilution of our trademark? IANAL, but I suspect that it is.

    It wasn't used as the code name of the software, but the name of the
    theme based on the 'Debian Red' colour. Journalists were mistaken.

    --
    bye,
    pabs

    https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise

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