it feels so silly to be thinking for permission to use the XO logo,, ...something must be really wrong....
Kiko Mayorga i+d ata/escuelab.org 2011/10/17 Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Cristian Paul Peñaranda Rojas > <p...@kristianpaul.org> wrote: > >> You may want to ask on the olpc list. Also, what is relevance of the > >> Firefox reference? > > > > I understand that because firefox logo is trademark, so, and example of > what > > have to be done if you uses software in wich that kind logos is embeded. > > Iceweasel was a rebranding of Firefox in response to a specific issue > Mozilla had with Debian regarding "unapproved" patches. By bringing it > up as the lead-in to his question, I can only assume that Sebastian is > suggesting that there is some looming issue regarding the use of an > OLPC trademark that would violate one or more of the OLPC guidelines. > I was perhaps not direct enough in asking what is that issue. > > When we have something concrete with which to work, the community can > take action. For example, when it was pointed out by Ruben that the > Scratch license was not a FOSS license, we removed it from ASLO. (Note > that the issue with Scratch was only tangentially related to the use > of their trademark artwork.) We also have been working with MIT to > address the issue so that hopefully we can some day have a FOSS > Scratch. > > > > > In the case of firefox branded web-browswer some gnu/linux distros ended > both doing an > > agreement for the logo use with mozilla or rebrading the software name > (including new logo > > design of course). > > > > In the case of the XO logo, is more interesting because it is used in > Sugar > > and also in the XO-* laptop case. > > FYI, I last asked OLPC about the XO logo back in 2009. At the time, > they asked that the SFC provide some guidance on the topic. I asked > the SFC and have yet to hear back from their legal counsel. I believe > that the status quo is that we are not free to use the XO graphic in > our marketing materials without permission from OLPC. > > > > > So, sebastian keep us posted ! :) > > > > regards. > > -walter > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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