proposal to make free the logo of Fedora

inode0 inode0 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 17 19:42:45 UTC 2010


On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Matt Domsch <matt at domsch.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 1:52 PM, inode0 <inode0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Really, I just asked a simple question. Does the Fedora Board
>> representing the Fedora Project have the wherewithal to declare a
>> particular image (I assumed an image not containing any Red Hat owned
>> marks) a freely licensed Fedora Project logo.
>
> I would think so.  There are no trademarks involved in this scenario.

Thanks.

> However, getting such an image to 'stick' in people's minds, that's a
> different question.  I doubt the cloverleaf means much outside of
> Fedora circles today.  I'm pretty sure the Fedora logo itself means
> little outside of Linux circles - I've never had someone comment on my
> logo'd T-shirt or hat who didn't already know what it was.  If we
> can't raise brand awareness for our primary trademark, can we really
> do so for a second freely-customizable image?

I might turn that question on its head. If we can't raise brand
awareness for our primary trademark, how much harm can there be from a
second freely-customizable image?

But thanks for the direct response. I really didn't want to open a big
debate and revisit stuff that was decided and decided not that long
ago. Maybe around F25 if we still exist and people still want a free
logo it would be more appropriate to revisit this? :)

John


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