Re: Minutes of the Board meeting of October 29th, 2013

[Ekaterina Gerasimova <kittykat3756 gmail com>]

On 18 November 2013 01:02, Emily Gonyer <emilyyrose gmail com> wrote:
> So, what would Ubuntu GNOME need to do to differentiate their logo
> from the 'normal' GNOME logo?

Anything which would make the logo look like a different logo. You can
find an interesting article about this at
http://lwn.net/Articles/491639/ (there is a section specifically about
GNOME towards the bottom)

> Can they not use the GNOME foot at all?

Yes, under nominative use when referring to GNOME itself. The logo and
trademark guidelines are available at
http://www.gnome.org/logo-and-trademarks/

> Could they simply add a line 'not sanctioned by the GNOME Foundation'
> to the website? […]

No, as that would not affect the logo, which is a trademark of the
GNOME Foundation.

> Emily
>
> On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> wrote:
> > > On 18 Nov 2013, at 01:15, Vincent Untz <vuntz gnome org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > > * Ubuntu GNOME trademark usage
> > > >  * The team is using the GNOME logo for their Ubuntu spin
> > > >  * We recommended they should not use the GNOME logo in the current form
> > > >  * '''ACTION''': Karen to contact the Ubuntu GNOME spin team for
> > > > their use of the GNOME trademark
> > >
> > > Can we get more details on this? I'm obviously lacking context, but it
> > > sounds disappointing that downstreams cannot use the GNOME logo to
> > > promote GNOME spins/flavors they're doing. (Saying that as an openSUSE
> > > guy, who's not involved in Ubuntu GNOME in any way :-))
> >
> > The problem, I guess from discussions when I was still on the board, is that the "Ubuntu GNOME" is just 
> > the GNOME logo in a circle. That's hardly enough differentiation. Using the GNOME logo on the cover art to 
> > show that it's built with GNOME would probably alright too.
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