On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Upayavira <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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? > Absolutely, I was concerned that there would be a problem with trademark law, but I'm happy with this solution. Just let me know what I have 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 > > >
