Draft Trademark Guidelines Question

[Tom Callaway]

On 02/22/2012 10:48 PM, inode0 wrote:
> In both cases the prohibition against using any business cards other
> than ones produced using the fedora-business-cards package feels oddly
> heavy-handed. In many other places where you want to step outside of
> the explicitly stated use you are given the option of requesting Board
> approval for your proposed use. I assume the goal here is mainly to
> not mix the Fedora trademarks with other business trademarks but why
> does any variation from those specified as acceptable require a change
> in guidelines rather than a simple approval granted by the Board?

Red Hat Legal requested that we only have a single template for this to
minimize confusion. To be honest, they weren't crazy about Fedorans
using business cards at all, but the compromise was that it would be
acceptable if only approved templates were used. Right now, there is
only one template, but there is always the possibility of approving
alternate templates.

You are correct that mixing the Fedora trademarks with other business
trademarks was a main area of concern, as doing that implies a formal
relationship between Fedora/Red Hat and the other business, where none
exists.

~tom

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