On Tue, Feb 26, 2013, at 02:34 PM, David Nalley wrote: > Hi folks, > > Sorry for spamming two lists. > > We've been drafting some guidelines and had them reviewed by > trademarks@ - and wanted to get them out in public for comment and > discussion. > > Draft is here: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Trademark+Guidelines+(DRAFT)
So, we're currently missing any guidance on brand usage, not modifying the logo, etc. I've added a bit under the domains section, as I'm generally not a fan of sending people scouring multiple docs for a simple answer. (Which is, generally in this case, "no".) Under non-software goods: "Without explicit written permission, goods bearing any of the CloudStack marks may not be sold." Are we explicitly allowing people to manufacture CloudStack-branded swag to give away? What about co-mingling CloudStack with other marks, etc.? (e.g., a design that mingles the CloudStack mark with a company logo which might infer some kind of association between CloudStack and that company?) I'd like change the current language to: "Merchandise bearing the CloudStack marks must be explicitly approved in writing if it is to be sold or given away for promotional purposes. A design must only be approved one time - it is not necessary to seek approval to reprint/recreate new merchandise with a design that has been approved, so long as the permission has not been revoked." Suggestions to this language welcome, but what I want to prevent is use of CloudStack with third party logos where a company/organization is promoting some proprietary product by giving away - but not selling - merchandise. I don't want us to have unreasonable burdens, such as having to seek approval every time a company reprints an approved design, or makes a very minimal change to the design, such as printing a CloudStack jersey with the names of contributors or something - where technically adding a different name would be a "change" to the design. We should also consider having approved designs that anyone could use to print t-shirts or similar without having to seek approval so long as the design is used as-is. Do we care if someone starts up a side business selling CloudStack shirts? Best, jzb -- Joe Brockmeier j...@zonker.net Twitter: @jzb http://www.dissociatedpress.net/
