On 10/11/2013 03:09 AM, Gianluca Sforna wrote: > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Tom Callaway <tcallawa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Canonical says explicitly not to do this: >> >> (from: http://www.canonical.com/intellectual-property-policy) >> >> You cannot use the Trademarks in software titles. If you are >> producing software for use with or on Ubuntu you may reference >> Ubuntu, but must avoid: (i) any implication of endorsement, or (ii) >> any attempt to unfairly or confusingly capitalise on the goodwill of >> Canonical or Ubuntu. >> >> Short of explicit permission from Canonical, we should not do this. > > Legal things never cease to amaze me. > > I can't really see how naming a package "ubuntu-title-fonts", which is > the name upstream (and upstream *is* Ubuntu) chose can be "using > Trademark in software titles". > We are not even producing software here [1,2], these are just > packaging of content, not code. > > [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuTitle > [2] https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-keyring Yes, I know, but we're attempting to be good citizens and respect Canonical's trademark policies. It would not take Canonical very long to simply say that anyone may use the "ubuntu-keyring" or "ubuntu-title-fonts" names to describe those software/font components, but they have not done so to date. ~tom == Fedora Project _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
