On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 08:59 -0700, Arne Roomann-Kurrik wrote: > What will be the licensing of the final logo? #4 contains elements of an > image > ( > http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-resources/source/browse/images/src/diagram-gadgetserver-fireworks.png) > which I released under an explicit Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike > License ( > http://code.google.com/p/opensocial-resources/source/browse/images/LICENSE) > > I'm really happy that the content got incorporated into the Shindig logo > (congrats, Ben!), but want to make sure that the final logo is released > under the terms of the share alike clause of the license (so that others may > use it in their own works).
We're talking about something different when we create a logo. We are creating a trademark (whether legally registered or not), so it will not be free to use - it will be limited by trademark law, and managed by the Apache Public Relations Committee. However, for us to use that logo within ours we'll need rights to that image. I doubt we'd be able to use it in that context with a creative-commons license. A simple solution would be for you to grant the ASF rights to use it, as it sees fit. This would not prevent you from continuing to license it to the world using the Creative Commons license. Is that something you would be willing to do? The combination of the logo and the "Shindig" word would be our trademark, and your logo would continue to have its own life. Upayavira
