Using 'fedora' in a github organization name

[Sam Kottler]

Greetings legal@,

The Fedora cloud SIG has setup an organization called 'fedora-cloud' on
GitHub for mirroring some dist-git repos in the hopes of getting more
contributions. The question was asked on the cloud list (cc'ed) about
whether we need to get usage approval for the Fedora name to use it in
the organization name. fedora-infra has their own GitHub organization so
there is at least some precedence here.

Do we need to get board approval for usage of 'fedora' in our GitHub org?

Thanks for your help.

-S

[Fedora-legal-list] Using 'fedora' in a github organization name

[Richard Fontana]

On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 07:39:58PM +0000, Sam Kottler wrote:
>  Greetings legal@,
>  
>  The Fedora cloud SIG has setup an organization called 'fedora-cloud' on
>  GitHub for mirroring some dist-git repos in the hopes of getting more
>  contributions. The question was asked on the cloud list (cc'ed) about
>  whether we need to get usage approval for the Fedora name to use it in
>  the organization name. fedora-infra has their own GitHub organization so
>  there is at least some precedence here.
>  
>  Do we need to get board approval for usage of 'fedora' in our GitHub org? 
Yes, as a general matter using 'fedora' in the name of a github
organization should be approved by the Board. 

 - RF

[Fedora-legal-list] Using 'fedora' in a github organization name

[Sam Kottler]

On 01/24/2014 07:55 PM, Richard Fontana wrote:
>  On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 07:39:58PM +0000, Sam Kottler wrote:
> > Greetings legal@,
> >
> > The Fedora cloud SIG has setup an organization called 'fedora-cloud' on
> > GitHub for mirroring some dist-git repos in the hopes of getting more
> > contributions. The question was asked on the cloud list (cc'ed) about
> > whether we need to get usage approval for the Fedora name to use it in
> > the organization name. fedora-infra has their own GitHub organization so
> > there is at least some precedence here.
> >
> > Do we need to get board approval for usage of 'fedora' in our GitHub org?
>  
>  Yes, as a general matter using 'fedora' in the name of a github
>  organization should be approved by the Board.  
Thanks for the clarification. I've filed a ticket in their trac instance
(#171, although it's private).

>  
>   - RF
>

[Fedora-legal-list] Using 'fedora' in a github organization name

[Matthew Miller]

On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 07:39:58PM +0000, Sam Kottler wrote:
>  The Fedora cloud SIG has setup an organization called
> 'fedora-cloud' on
>  GitHub for mirroring some dist-git repos in the hopes of getting more
>  contributions. The question was asked on the cloud list (cc'ed) about
>  whether we need to get usage approval for the Fedora name to use it in
>  the organization name. fedora-infra has their own GitHub organization so
>  there is at least some precedence here. 
Also the Fedora Cloud logo (as made by the Fedora Design team).

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