On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 15:32 -0400, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Jesse Keating wrote: > > > On Thursday 13 July 2006 14:24, Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Does this mean that Fedora is not redistributable? Wasn't that one of the > > major goals of Fedora? > > A fair question. > > We do essentially grant a "license" of sorts for redistribution of the > logo, and they can be found in our trademark guidelines, here: > > http://fedora.redhat.com/About/legal/trademarks/guidelines/page4.html > > This license means that Fedora, *as we ship it*, is fully redistributable. > But if you change the content, you must lose the logo, because shipping > altered content violates the terms of usage of the logo. > > This is a reasonable compromise, IMHO, but this *particular* flavor of > compromise leaves no room to play with the logo. At all. > > There is another reasonable compromise: > > 1. Come up with a "protected" logo that ships with FCn, and really > anywhere we need to emphasize the strong relationship between RH and > Fedora. Aka, the RH logo, but with a blue hat instead (as an example). > 2. Apply the aforementioned guidelines to the "protected" logo. > 3. "Free" the current logo. > 4. Grant broader rights to the "free" logo via a CC license. I like this. How does it get pushed to the appropriate people? josh _______________________________________________ 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
