Re: Brand Guidelines Update
- From: Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>
- To: Brian Cameron <brian cameron oracle com>
- Cc: Dave Neary <dneary gnome org>, GnomeMarketing Mailing List <marketing-list gnome org>
- Subject: Re: Brand Guidelines Update
- Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 16:03:52 +0100
On Fri, 2011-04-29 at 15:13 -0500, Brian Cameron wrote:
> Allan:
>
> > The question seems to be what the most appropriate place for this
> > content is. Can the specification of our logo usage sit on the same page
> > as a potentially looser set of branding guidelines and still perform its
> > legal function?
>
> Sounds like a question for legal-list gnome org.
>
> > Another question: does the specification of how our logo should be used
> > have to be named 'branding guidelines', or can we move this material to
> > another page? Could the current content be moved to
> > http://live.gnome.org/LogoGuidelines, for instance?
>
> No, it does not need to be named "Branding Guidelines". It would be
> okay to call them "Trademark Guidelines". As I have said before, it
> would be best to move the legal information off the Wiki entirely to
> the fgo website where it would be more official and less subject to
> random edits that might negatively affect GNOME's legal positions.
> Perhaps somewhere like a subpage of here:
>
> http://foundation.gnome.org/licensing/
>
> But, it has been years since anyone has really loved the fgo website.
> It cries with neglect, really. Perhaps if it only had some of those
> cute little animals, a kite, or a tree...
>
> If we do this, then some of our trademark forms would need to be
> updated to point to the new website, but that would be sensible to
> do and pretty easy for me to take care of.
>
> Anyway, if we move the trademark legal information from its current
> Wiki location, then I recommend moving it to the fgo website instead of
> moving it to another Wiki location, then moving to fgo later. I would
> prefer to not have to update the marketing forms more than once.
>
> > 'Branding guidelines' does seem to be the appropriate title for the
> > material I want to produce.
>
> Perhaps, but it probably involves some work and coordination to move
> the legal content of that page somewhere more sensible. If the
> Marketing team wants to use this Wiki page, then perhaps we could
> give the fgo website some love and address these concerns?
>
> Or, if you want to discuss with the legal team how to organize the
> legal and marketing information on the same page, you can; but I'd
> think this would really involve more work.
>
> Brian
I've contact the legal team to see what the best way forward is.
In the meantime, I've dialed back the brand guidelines [1] to their
previous state and moved the new material to a new page [2] where it can
be developed in isolation.
Best,
Allan
[1] https://live.gnome.org/BrandGuidelines
[2] https://live.gnome.org/BrandGuidelines/DraftAdditions
--
Blog: http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/
IRC: aday on irc.gnome.org
[
Date Prev][
Date Next] [
Thread Prev][
Thread Next]
[
Thread Index]
[
Date Index]
[
Author Index]