On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 14:24 -0400, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote: > To circle back on this: > > The fundamental problem with any artwork that contains the Fedora logo is > this: > > THE FEDORA LOGO IS NOT PART OF ANY COMMONS. IT IS A TRADEMARK THAT RED > HAT INTENDS TO PROTECT. > > Legally, I just don't see any middle ground *at all* here. There is no > current OSS/CC license we could grant that would allow us editorial > control over the *use* of the mark -- which is the key demand of our legal > department. > > The Fedora Logo is not redistributable without permission, period. Which > means that the CC NoDerivs license would be unacceptable, and the OPL > would be unacceptable. > > If we can't even allow *free redistribution* of the logo, then how can we > allow *free modification and redistribution*? The answer is, WE CAN'T. > To repeat: NONE OF THE CURRENT OSS/CC LICENSES APPLY. PERIOD. > > Am I wrong here? Mark? Anyone? > > === > > If I'm right, it means that we must come up with an approval process for > both redistribution and modification of *any* artwork that contains the > Fedora logo -- a process that has the lowest possible overhead, and which > makes it *crystal clear* that the logo is NOT OPEN. > > (This, by the way, is precisely why I've been advocating so strongly for > two logos. Re: the "official Debian logo," maybe the reason no one ever > sees it is that Debian has a very difficult time doing anything in an > "official" capacity.) > > --g > Can we take the current 'official' logo and make it the shareable one and have an official logo that is something else? I mean if the public logo is an infinity sign maybe we can make the protected logo a nullset? -sv _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board mailing list fedora-advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board _______________________________________________ fedora-advisory-board-readonly mailing list fedora-advisory-board-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-advisory-board-readonly
