General case Trademark question

[Jon Masters]

On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 12:22 +0200, Sascha Thomas Spreitzer wrote:

> If I create something, which consists 100% of Fedora TM acknowldged
> components, with the tools and utilites of the Fedora Linux, which
> results in a 100% free and freedom compatible thing, will it be able
> to make use of the Fedora TM automatically?

I'm sure Spot will give you the official answer, but I'm certain the
answer is going to be "no". I'm not a lawyer, however, only official
releases get to use the Trademark because it's a requirement of
retaining legal ownership and control over such a mark.

Jon.