Re: "Fedora Incubator/Innovator/Experimental" branding

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On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 10:15:24AM -0400, Richard Fontana wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 03:10:26PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > I have an idea¹ for creating a label for experimental/innovative work
> > within the Fedora Project which is not ready to be (or maybe is never
> > intended to be) Official Fedora. For example, release engineering wants
> > to make sure that all bits that are "official" go through releng
> > processes — which is totally reasonable, and helps support the high
> > quality people have come to expect from the Fedora name. At the same
> > time, we have a charter to be leaders, and to do that we need a space
> > where we can be more flexible.
> > 
> > The secondary mark (Fedora Remix) can provide an avenue for this, but
> > it's made for work done entirely outside of the Fedora project
> > umbrella. I'd like some way to label projects which are done by Fedora
> > developers using Fedora resources and in line with the Fedora foundations
> > but which are not part of the traditional OS or infrastructure with all
> > of the expectations those things bring.
> > 
> > From a legal standpoint: a) does this make sense and b) what would we
> > need to do make it happen?
> 
> If the idea is to have a new secondary mark - I would suggest
> discussing with the Red Hat legal team. If not, I'm not sure this is
> really a legal issue (other than in the sense of refining what
> 'Fedora' means).

AIUI this was about being able to use the *primary* marks in a
controlled way, but Matthew can correct me if I'm wrong.


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