So after having discussed this with Max over lunch, here's an idea: toss the "branding" question over to Fedora marketing for brainstorming / discussion. Here's the note I'd send: === Subject: Fedora derivates branding discussion The Fedora board needs help with a policy decision. As Fedora evolves, we'll be seeing more and more custom distributions that are spun from the Fedora Universe of packages. Kadischi-based Live CDs are a good example. We'd like to be able to allow these distributions to use the Fedora name -- and we've got tentative buy-in from legal to do it -- so long as the distros are built entirely from Fedora (Core+Extras) packages. So. How should the Fedora brand be used in such cases? Let's say, for example, that Rex Dieter builds a minimal Fedora distro that has KDE and no GNOME -- and he wants to call it "KDExcellent". He also wants people to know that it's derived from official Fedora packages. Should we let him call it: + Fedora KDExcellent? + KDExcellent, based on Fedora? + KDExcellent, a Fedora distribution? Whatever policy we come up with now, we'll be stuck with for quite a while -- so we could use some help. We'll hold this discussion on fedora-marketing-list. If you're interested in this discussion but you're not on fedora-marketing list, you can join here (link). Thanks in advance for your ideas. === Thoughts? --g ------------------------------------------------------------- Greg DeKoenigsberg || Fedora Project || fedoraproject.org Be an Ambassador || http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Ambassadors ------------------------------------------------------------- On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Rex Dieter wrote: > Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote: > > > If you build: > > * A Live CD with entirely Fedora (Core+Extras) content; > > * A distribution with entirely Fedora (Core+Extras) content; > > > > ...then you should be entitled to use the Fedora name "somehow" to > > represent that content. > > > > The "somehow" is not a legal exercise. It's a BRANDING exercise. We need > > to figure that out, propose it to Mark, and get legal's blessing. > > +1 (I'll see if I can whip up something more concrete...) > > > We need to answer some hypothetical questions, like for instance: > > > b. Does he need our approval, or is that approval implied > > by the fact that it's all Fedora components? > > I'd say implied, if we go with your (IMO good) suggestion that > LiveCDs/distributions derived from entirely Fedora content be entitled > to use the Fedora name. > > On the other hand, what about folks who include non-Fedora components? > Should they be able to say something like "based on... Fedora" too? > I'm guessing, no, unfortunately. I'd hate to have to forbid this kind > of thing outright, so what allowance(s) can be made for situations like > this? > > -- Rex > > _______________________________________________ > fedora-advisory-board mailing list > fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board >