Ah right thanks for that. That kinda makes sense now. Can you remember how much it was to have the branding?
James -- James Milligan lak...@lake54.com www.lake54.com www.killermentality.com www.twitter.com/lake54 On 31 May 2009, at 16:46, Eddie Bernard <edd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> From: Paul Broadhead <pjbr...@twinmoons.clara.co.uk> >> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Dell mini 10v costs more with Ubuntu than > >> Alan Pope wrote: >> >>> As I understand it (i.e. this may be factually inaccurate) any OEM >>> wishing to sell Ubuntu branded as Ubuntu needs to pay a license to >>> Canonical for the use of the trademarked name. I believe there are >>> also restrictions upon what you can do, for example you can't >>> pre-install skype, but can pre-install some codec bundles (which are >>> an additional license cost). >> >> I did not realise that was the case. However, the figures would be >> very >> useful to know; both for Ubuntu and for windows. I wish companies >> could >> be more open about the OS cost and stop trying to hide behind >> different >> specifications and machines that cannot be compared. > > A while back, some of you may remember I contacted you all with > respect to my business, and the prices for selling Ubuntu > pre-installed desktop PCs. In response a number of posters suggested I > get in touch with Canonical regarding whether there are royalty fees > associated. > > They did eventually reply. Apologies, I meant to forward this to you > all a long time ago. Here was the response: > > "In terms of selling PCs with Ubuntu preloaded, as Ubuntu is free > software and free to download, you don't need a license from us in > order to do this. However, if you want to use the Ubuntu logo on the > PCs you sell, this falls under our Trademarks and that is a different > matter. > > We only allow PCs that have been Ubuntu Certified or Ubuntu > Compatibility tested to display the Ubuntu logo. There can be no > indication on the PCs that you sell with Ubuntu preloaded that these > have been certified to work with Ubuntu, if this is not the case. > > So you are perfectly welcome to sell PCs with Ubuntu preloaded, but > just not to use our trademarks or branding in this regard." > > In other words, it's a question of branding, rather than getting > permission to use the software. If you don't use the branding, you > don't pay anything. > > Hope this is useful to you all. > > Eddie > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
