<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Dear all,</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I am sorry a lot for such a long delay
with the answers - I had very limited internet access due to vacation.
Please, let me answer Paul and Matt with this one letter as long as questions
are interconnected.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> > As long as it is understood
you are an informal group, there is no<br>
> > need for a trademark license for your group name. I could
form a<br>
> > group in my hometown called "Virginia is for Fedora Lovers"
and as<br>
> > long as I didn't make that group a legal entity, there would
be no<br>
> > need for such a license. So I think this issue you can
consider<br>
> > solved. :-)<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Ok. Thank you a lot for clear explanation.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> > Where and how is the</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> > "russianfedora.ru"
site currently being actively promoted?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">This name is cited in number of off-line
official magazines issued this spring after the meeting of Red Hat with
Russian Ministry. (If you need a proof - I can try to find them and send
you scans.) As long as some of these magazines are issued only once or
twice a year (for example, Ministry Newsletter), we would like to keep
this domain for at least two "releases" of these magazines.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> With regard to ru.fedoracommunity.org
vs russianfedora.ru. If the</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> longer-term goal is to use ru.fedoracommunity.org
as the primary name,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> but you have already given the
russianfedora.ru name to various</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> interested parties, can I suggest
using HTTP rewrites?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It is really a good idea. We can do
it. It will really help with smooth transition.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> > I think the first logo might
need a small bit of tweaking to satisfy<br>
> > the following usage guideline:<br>
> > </font><a href=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo/UsageGuidelines#Logo_Clear_Space><font size=2 color=blue face="sans-serif"><u>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Logo/UsageGuidelines#Logo_Clear_Space</u></font></a>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Ok. I see. We will adapt the logo.<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> > There are two ways to go:<br>
> > <br>
> > 1. If the Russian Fedora logo includes the official Fedora
logo, as<br>
> > you requested above, you will still need a trademark license
agreement<br>
> > specifically for production of non-software goods.<br>
> > <br>
> > 2. If you decide to instead brand only with your website,
such as<br>
> > "russianfedora.ru," this may not be necessary.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It is clear. We will submit requests
for all the goods that will include official Fedora logo.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> > You do not need a special
license for shipping Fedora Remixes, but you<br>
> > should be aware of several things:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">[snip]</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">It is clear as well. Of course it will
be branded "Russian Fedora Remix" and use Fedora Remix logo.
And we will do our best to double-check this policy with independent Russian
distributors who sell hard-copies of Linux distros (like linuxcenter.ru
and others).<br>
<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">So, I guess, that is it. From my point
of view everything looks solved. :-)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">As I see, the next practical steps are:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- I will contact the actual owner of
the russianfedora.ru domain and ask him to execute the agreement asap.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- We will jointly take care of "mod_rewriting"
russianfedora.ru to ru.fedoracommunity.org. (Please, let us do it in a
week or two, after I will be completely back from the vacation.)</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Best regards,</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Alexey Vasyukov</font>