I had a discussion with Kristin Borths (Red Hat's trademark lawyer) last week about this and also refreshed my memory on the license of fedora-logos. The conclusion was that the person asking the question should comply with all the requirements that apply to use of the Fedora Remix secondary mark (https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/trademarks/#_distributing_combinations_of_fedora_software_with_non_fedora_or_modified_fedora_software) BTW I think that part of the Fedora trademark guidelines is somewhat confusing because it doesn't speak to situations where one is creating something that would qualify as a 'remix' but doesn't use the secondary mark. Richard On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 2:09 PM Richard Fontana <rfontana@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 10:14 AM Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/does-distributing-a-kickstart-file-containing-non-free-repositories-violate-fedora-licensing-guidelines/86697 > > Question is: "I have a kickstart file that uses rpmfusion non-free > repos in the %post section to install Nvidia drivers. I do not remove > Fedora branding packages in the kickstart file. Would I be in > violation of Fedora’s Licensing Guidelines if I were to publish this > kickstart file on my blog or in a Gist on GitHub? Or do the licensing > guidelines only apply to installation media like an ISO? > > Also, if it is in violation, would it then be acceptable if I just > removed the Fedora branding packages in the kickstart file?" > > For a definitive answer this should probably be run by Red Hat's > trademark counsel, but my thought is that merely publishing such a > kickstart file on a blog or Github gist would not require trademark > permission. But if it's part of some larger effort to create and > distribute a Fedora derivative, the requirements relating to branding > of Fedora remixes should be followed. > > Richard _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
