[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