On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 12:46 -0700, Arne Roomann-Kurrik wrote: > 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.
I will also need to investigate the situation with using an otherwise open-source image as a part of one's logo. It may undermine our ability to protect our trademark. I'll go check on the legal discuss list. Upayavira
