Re: [steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-02-20 Thread Bernhard Dippold
Hi Charles, all, Charles-H. Schulz schrieb: Hello Bernhard, Le Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:44:07 +0100, Bernhard Dippold a écrit : Hi Charles, * CC'ing the design list... (follow-up on the logo design should be there, on the general questions here on steering-discuss) Charles-H. Schulz schrieb: H

RE : Re: [steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-02-20 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Bernhard, Yes, exactly. Thank you for reading my mind :-) Best, Charles. Le 20 févr. 2011, 7:50 PM, "Bernhard Dippold" a écrit : Hello Charles, all, one single point to clarify: Charles-H. Schulz schrieb: > [...] > > Bernhard Dippold wrote: >> >> >> a) *The product* itself contains the *log

Re: [steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-02-20 Thread Bernhard Dippold
Hello Charles, all, one single point to clarify: Charles-H. Schulz schrieb: [...] > Bernhard Dippold wrote: a) *The product* itself contains the *logo with TDF subline*. We provide these binaries via our mirror system. Distributors of the unmodified binaries are allowed to distribute the pro

Re: [steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-02-20 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Bernhard, Le Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:44:07 +0100, Bernhard Dippold a écrit : > Hi Charles, * > > CC'ing the design list... > (follow-up on the logo design should be there, on the general > questions here on steering-discuss) > > Charles-H. Schulz schrieb: > > Hi, > > > > @Bernhard: now we

Re: [steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-02-13 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 2/11/11 4:39 PM, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: are we good on the TM policy? I'd like to move forward on this... I am, of course. -- Italo Vignoli italo.vign...@gmail.com Mobile +39.348.5653829 VoIP: +39.02.320621813 Skype: italovignoli -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h

Re: [steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-02-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 2011-02-11 16.39: are we good on the TM policy? I'd like to move forward on this... looking at it is still on my todo, hope to manage it next week. Florian -- Florian Effenberger Steering Committee and Founding Member of The Document Foundation Tel: +49 8341 9

Re: [steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-02-11 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Sorry folks, are we good on the TM policy? I'd like to move forward on this... Best -- Charles-H. Schulz Membre du Comité exécutif The Document Foundation. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.

Re: [steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-01-28 Thread Tom Davies
y and gravitas to other parts of the puzzle as they fall into place. Congrats and regards from Tom :) From: Alexander Thurgood To: steering-discuss@documentfoundation.org Sent: Fri, 28 January, 2011 15:14:21 Subject: [steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy o

[steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-01-28 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 28/01/11 13:48, Michael Meeks a écrit : Hi, > Good point; 'business' is confusing, I switched it to company name to > make it more comprehensible: > > "Thus uses of the Marks in a domain name or company name without > explicit written permission from TDF are prohibited."

[steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-01-28 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 28/01/11 13:47, Michael Meeks a écrit : Hi Michael, > I suppose they need permission :-) > With the caveat of the "fair use" exception, which does not require permission. The notion of "fair use" varies from country to country. In some countries, you are even allowed to use registered

[steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-01-28 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 28/01/11 13:47, Michael Meeks a écrit : I might add that "non-commercial" use of a trademark is also, in some jurisdictions, not considered to be an activity that infringes a trademark holder's rights. One of the basic rules is whether there is a risk of confusion in the buying public's mind /

[steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-01-24 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 14/01/11 15:46, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit : Hi again, "- Accompanying Symbol: The first or most prominent mention of a TDF Trademark should be accompanied by a symbol indicating whether the mark is a registered trademark ("®") or an unregistered trademark ("™"). " How is anyone to know which

[steering-discuss] Re: Trademark Policy of the Document Foundation

2011-01-24 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 21/01/11 15:21, Michael Meeks a écrit : Hi all, > > There is some concern about the lack of clarity on whether > incorporating libreoffice (or other marks) into a domain name > is allowed - this is an area people often want to tread on, and > we should probably directl