On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:22 PM Kristian Fiskerstrand <k...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > It matters if things are perceived as official Gentoo and causing a > negative reputation as in the article in this thread. One some level > that actually goes to trademark infringement that should be of interest > to the foundation, but the issue is broader than that. >
While I don't speak for the Foundation, they already have a fairly decent policy addressing this: https://www.gentoo.org/inside-gentoo/foundation/name-logo-guidelines.html I believe this really only applies to use outside of Gentoo, and not internal use. Whether a service like a Discord site falls under internal use probably depends on the degree to which they are completely subject to Council/Trustees/etc, and the social contract and code of conduct as enacted by those bodies. For non-internal use the name/logo guidelines already have requirements around reputation and code of conduct. You can't just call yourself "Gentoo" and do whatever you want (not that I'm implying that this is what any particular site is doing - I haven't even seen the discord). -- Rich
