I'm not going to send this to legal directly unless someone suggests that I should but I'd like to ask a question about the proposed guidelines the Board is now considering. There has been a small change in the Business Cards section but my question actually applies to the existing guidelines as well as to the proposed draft version. For reference here are links to both: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Trademark_guidelines#Business_cards http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Pchestek/TMGuidelinesDraft#Business_cards In both cases the prohibition against using any business cards other than ones produced using the fedora-business-cards package feels oddly heavy-handed. In many other places where you want to step outside of the explicitly stated use you are given the option of requesting Board approval for your proposed use. I assume the goal here is mainly to not mix the Fedora trademarks with other business trademarks but why does any variation from those specified as acceptable require a change in guidelines rather than a simple approval granted by the Board? While I know legal advice isn't given here I can't help but mumble that I hope I don't live in a world where I can't write on a little piece of paper that I am a member of the Fedora Project when in fact I am a member of the Fedora Project. And I understand that the guidelines don't trump fair use of trademarks and that no one will likely tell me whether this is or is not a fair use of this trademark. Maybe I will be surprised?! John _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
