On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Zeeshan Ali <zeenix@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > As you may or may not know, we have been working on a new GNOME > application, Boxes[1] that (among other things) enables users to easily > manage virtual-machines. This also includes ability to detect > operating-systems given an installation media and presenting an > intuitive and *impressive* UI to user to easily install different > operating systems with minimum or no interaction. Boxes makes use of a > new library, libosinfo[2] that provides information about operating > systems (which it internally keeps in an XML database). > > We really want (more like need) to show logos of different operating > systems to the user[3]. I sent a mail[4] to Fedora legal regarding this > and turns out that we can not use the logos like this unless we get > explicit permission from each trademark holder. Which is why I'm writing > to you folks now. Can we please get the permission to use Fedora logo in > this manner and distribute it along with Boxes or libosinfo? > > -- > Regards, > > Zeeshan Ali > > [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Gnome3.4 > [2] https://fedorahosted.org/libosinfo/ > [3] http://static.fi/~zeenix/tmp/boxes-small-iso-icons+logos.png > [4] > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/legal/2012-February/001828.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > advisory-board mailing list > advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board Just to follow up on list: Permission to use the Fedora logo within Boxes has been granted by the Fedora Board. This was approved by the board in todays meeting[0] http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2012-02-22/fedora_board.2012-02-22-18.29.log.html Thanks --David _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
