On Fri, 2011-04-29 at 15:13 -0500, Brian Cameron wrote: > Allan: > > > The question seems to be what the most appropriate place for this > > content is. Can the specification of our logo usage sit on the same page > > as a potentially looser set of branding guidelines and still perform its > > legal function? > > Sounds like a question for legal-l...@gnome.org. > > > Another question: does the specification of how our logo should be used > > have to be named 'branding guidelines', or can we move this material to > > another page? Could the current content be moved to > > http://live.gnome.org/LogoGuidelines, for instance? > > No, it does not need to be named "Branding Guidelines". It would be > okay to call them "Trademark Guidelines". As I have said before, it > would be best to move the legal information off the Wiki entirely to > the fgo website where it would be more official and less subject to > random edits that might negatively affect GNOME's legal positions. > Perhaps somewhere like a subpage of here: > > http://foundation.gnome.org/licensing/ > > But, it has been years since anyone has really loved the fgo website. > It cries with neglect, really. Perhaps if it only had some of those > cute little animals, a kite, or a tree... > > If we do this, then some of our trademark forms would need to be > updated to point to the new website, but that would be sensible to > do and pretty easy for me to take care of. > > Anyway, if we move the trademark legal information from its current > Wiki location, then I recommend moving it to the fgo website instead of > moving it to another Wiki location, then moving to fgo later. I would > prefer to not have to update the marketing forms more than once. > > > 'Branding guidelines' does seem to be the appropriate title for the > > material I want to produce. > > Perhaps, but it probably involves some work and coordination to move > the legal content of that page somewhere more sensible. If the > Marketing team wants to use this Wiki page, then perhaps we could > give the fgo website some love and address these concerns? > > Or, if you want to discuss with the legal team how to organize the > legal and marketing information on the same page, you can; but I'd > think this would really involve more work. > > Brian
I've contact the legal team to see what the best way forward is. In the meantime, I've dialed back the brand guidelines [1] to their previous state and moved the new material to a new page [2] where it can be developed in isolation. Best, Allan [1] https://live.gnome.org/BrandGuidelines [2] https://live.gnome.org/BrandGuidelines/DraftAdditions -- Blog: http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/ IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list
