2011/1/22 André Schnabel <andre.schna...@gmx.net>: > Hi Michael, > > Am 21.01.2011 15:21, schrieb Michael Meeks: >> >> So I suggest we add a clarification of both of these to the end of >> the >> "Non permitted use section". >> >> "Thus uses of the Marks in a domain name, or business name >> without explicit written permission from TDF are prohibited." > > just to get this right: "business name" means name of a product, service, > company, organization > or similar. E.g. "LibreOffice Premium Support" would not be allowed. > But it is allowed to use the trademarks, describing your business service as > "We are XYZ Ltd., > providing Support for LibreOffice " > > > >> So - do people have problems with any of that ? > > No .. means +1 to the modifications. > > regards, > > André
I thought a little info might be helpful. I don't dare mention the product name... but another open source product has the following clause in their trademark policy which allows unwritten licencing of the trademark: ----- //Use that does not require a written license// Non-commercial Products that exist solely to support Drupal and its adoption, use and users may use the Drupal trademark in promotional materials, such as posters, books, pins, and t-shirts. Use of the trademark that is merely descriptive of the Product is acceptable without need of a license. If such description clearly separates your trademark from the Drupal trademark (e.g. by describing the Product as "YourProduct for Drupal"). In other words, you would not need a license to promote the name "TotalTraining for Drupal" but branding your product so it seems like it comes from Drupal (e.g. "Drupal TotalTraining") would not be permissible. ----- This policy has allowed the community to build a huge 3rd party community support network around their product while protecting their trademark successfully. Maybe something to consider. Michael Wheatland -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
