On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 19:49 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote: > I think CentOS should register the trademark in the countries this is > most important (US + EU?) and offer a review dependent usage: If a > derived product/project like mythcentos or maybe centosfirewall, > etc. wants to make use of trademarks/artwork it should offer the final > product for a check by centos-devel and get the blessing. I wouldn't > suggest any blanket approvals though, CentOS should always have the > final say to check whether this step would potentially harm the brand > instead of strengthening it. Registered or not, as far as I understand the most important thing is to protect your trademark. This means actively acting against others in the same field of endeavor who use the name "CentOS". -- Daniel