[Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-16 Thread Karen Sandler
I'm catching up on my queue from all of the travel I've had, and one of the items that was on my to do list was to follow up on this trademark request. I (and the board) think in this instance the trademark request is something that the marketing team should weigh in on. Check out the attached ima

Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-16 Thread Bryen M Yunashko
On Mon, 2012-04-16 at 23:43 -0400, Karen Sandler wrote: > I'm catching up on my queue from all of the travel I've had, and one of > the items that was on my to do list was to follow up on this trademark > request. > > I (and the board) think in this instance the trademark request is > something th

Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-17 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, On 04/17/2012 05:43 AM, Karen Sandler wrote: This says "Powered by GNOME" and I know that some folks wanted us to shy away from using terms like that or "GNOME Technologies", though I think it's also necessary to provide ways for folks to say that there are GNOME components involved in their

Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-17 Thread Bryen M Yunashko
On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 18:12 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: > Hi, > > On 04/17/2012 05:43 AM, Karen Sandler wrote: > > This says "Powered by GNOME" and I know that some folks wanted us to shy > > away from using terms like that or "GNOME Technologies", though I think > > it's also necessary to provide wa

Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-17 Thread Akshay Vyas
I think its good to have a sticker saying powered by GNOME and really that's shockin that folks don't like that,and about the approval i think it is approved by design team On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:47 PM, Bryen M Yunashko wrote: > On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 18:12 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: >> Hi, >> >>

Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-17 Thread Juanjo Marín
- Mensaje original - > De: Bryen M Yunashko > Para: marketing-list@gnome.org > CC: > Enviado: Martes 17 de abril de 2012 18:17 > Asunto: Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME > logo] > > On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 18:12 +0200,

Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-17 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, On 04/17/2012 06:17 PM, Bryen M Yunashko wrote: Just out of curiosity, why do some people have issues with "powered by GNOME" phrase? To put it in perspective; I considered that we were missing an opportunity by not putting Mint on the list of GNOME distributions - Cinnamon is GNOME 3 ba

Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-17 Thread Bryen M Yunashko
On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 18:24 +0100, Juanjo Marín wrote: > > > > - Mensaje original - > > De: Bryen M Yunashko > > Para: marketing-list@gnome.org > > CC: > > Enviado: Martes 17 de abril de 2012 18:17 > > Asunto: Re: [Fwd: Question about the tr

Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-17 Thread Emily Gonyer
gt; > Enviado: Martes 17 de abril de 2012 18:17 > > > Asunto: Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the > GNOME logo] > > > > > > On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 18:12 +0200, Dave Neary wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >>

Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-17 Thread Juanjo Marín
> > De: Emily Gonyer >Para: a11yro...@bryen.com >CC: Juanjo Marín ; "marketing-list@gnome.org" > >Enviado: Martes 17 de abril de 2012 19:53 >Asunto: Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME &

Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-17 Thread Bryen M Yunashko
bril de 2012 19:53 > >Asunto: Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME > >logo] > > > > > >> > >>Even if a GNOME derivative wanted to say "powered by GNOME" why would > >>that be a bad thing? We get the benefit o

Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-17 Thread Akshay Vyas
Para: a11yro...@bryen.com >> >CC: Juanjo Marín ; "marketing-list@gnome.org" >> > >> >Enviado: Martes 17 de abril de 2012 19:53 >> >Asunto: Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the >> >GNOME logo] >> > >> &g

Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-17 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
> >> > >> > >> >________________ > >> > De: Emily Gonyer > >> >Para: a11yro...@bryen.com > >> >CC: Juanjo Marín ; "marketing-list@gnome.org" > > >> >Enviado: Martes 17 de abril de 2012 19:53

Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-18 Thread Bryen M Yunashko
On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 19:23 -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > Why? Because we would have to argue what set of components is > equivalent to "powered by GNOME". The argument might seem simple > until you actually start doing it. There might be maintainers who > might object to having their projec

Re: [Fwd: Question about the trademark policy and usage of the GNOME logo]

2012-04-18 Thread Sriram Ramkrishna
On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Bryen M Yunashko wrote: > > If they feel some inner sense of ethical duty to pay homage to GNOME > with "powered by GNOME" labeling, awesome. If they choose not to, their > right. > > I'm okay with this if they want to volunteer doing that. I'm not going to compl