Hi,
I need an information about the legal statement about using Fedora. My company is an ODM and producing laptops. One of our customer is asked the laptops Linux installed. There will not be any charge for the operating system. I was checking the Fedora TradeMark GuideLines. I haven't seems any restriction for selling laptops with Fedora installed. But i want to get that info from the first hand.
After the installation, third party wlan and modem drivers will be installed. Also will be installed a GPL application that shows on screen display when the wireless is on and off from hotkeys.
So according to the TradeMark Policy indicating these software are not provided and maintained by the Fedora Project and also applying the Logo Usage Guidelines to the DVD itself will be fine.
Will be happy if you give information about this issue.
Regards,
Oğuz Yarımtepe
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 02:11:54PM +0200, Oguz Yarimtepe wrote:
I need an information about the legal statement about using Fedora. My company is an ODM and producing laptops. One of our customer is asked the laptops Linux installed. There will not be any charge for the operating system. I was checking the Fedora TradeMark GuideLines. I haven't seems any restriction for selling laptops with Fedora installed. But i want to get that info from the first hand.
After the installation, third party wlan and modem drivers will be installed. Also will be installed a GPL application that shows on screen display when the wireless is on and off from hotkeys.
So according to the TradeMark Policy indicating these software are not provided and maintained by the Fedora Project and also applying the Logo Usage Guidelines to the DVD itself will be fine.
Will be happy if you give information about this issue.
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/Trademark_guidelines#Distributing_combi...
Because you are distributing non-Fedora software combined with Fedora software on the same medium, you *may not* use the official Fedora logo to label that media or the laptops. However, you may use the Secondary Mark ("Fedora Remix") to label the media and laptops.
As you noted, you must display a notice prominently indicating that the software is not provided or supported by the Fedora Project, that official Fedora software is available through the Fedora Project website, and link to the Fedora Project website at http://fedoraproject.org/ . You must also follow the secondary mark usage guidelines, which you can find here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/Secondary_trademark_usage_guidelines
If you wish to use the official Fedora logo instead, you must not combine the official Fedora software with any third-party software on CD/DVD or on the laptop. You could offer third-party software and instructions to the end-user on a separate medium, like a separate CD/DVD, for them to install as needed.