[Fedora-livecd-list] Re: "Using the Fedora marks" (fwd)

[Greg DeKoenigsberg]

Authoritative ruling from counsel.  Removing fedora-logos is the critical 
path towards "removing Fedora marks."

The board is working on these guidelines as well; I'll make sure this 
information gets to them.

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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:05:25 -0400
From: Mark Webbink <mwebbink at redhat.com>
To: Greg DeKoenigsberg <gdk at redhat.com>
Subject: Re: "Using the Fedora marks"

Having the text string in file names is not a trademark use, so that one
is clearly okay.  To then point out that it includes Fedora files and to
use that to promote the distribution is not.  As you suggest, pulling
the logos.rpm is a must; it is not enough to just not have it display.

Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:

>A good question from the LiveCD list.  Need a ruling.
>
>I think pulling fedora-logos.rpm should be sufficient, myself.  It's a
>simple way to say "this is not Fedora."  Even if there's lots of "fedora" 
>in the RPM header files, I think it's clear that it's not a Fedora 
>project.
>
>--g
>
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>
>On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Jane Dogalt wrote:
>
>Ok.  I hesitate to pick more nits, because I feel like I've gotten a clear
>reversal on the #2 situation in my historic post.  But to pick a nit-
>
>"Using the Fedora name on that distribution" _only_ means what you name the
>iso, and what you advertise the iso as, correct? 
>
>Or does that extend to "using the fedora name _in_ that distribution".  I.e.
>
>a) having fedora-logos.rpm installed, but not visible during a typical boot and
>usage scenario?
>
>b) having fedora-logos.rpm installed, and the fedora logo visible during
>graphical boot and or default desktop background?
>
>c) not having fedora-logos.rpm, but having many instances of the text string
>buried in lots of places, including each rpm's metadata? 
>
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