[CentOS-devel] [CentOS-docs] Authorization to use CentOS logo in GNOME Boxes

Tue Sep 18 18:03:45 UTC 2018
Fabiano Fidêncio <fabiano at fidencio.org>

Karsten,

On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 7:45 PM, Karsten Wade <kwade at redhat.com> wrote:
> Thanks Rich for drawing this forward, I had missed it.  (I generally
> handle all the trademark usage queries.)
>
> The key reference is this one, the trademark guidelines:
>
> https://www.centos.org/legal/trademarks/
>
> That document should give the GNOME project all of the authorization and
> guidelines on how to use and not use the CentOS marks.
>
> Fabiano -- if you have any further questions, you may also direct them
> to centos-tm at centos.org .
>
> Rich -- it looks as if we need to update or clarify on the wiki around
> the appearance of the (R) in the marks.  There is a link in a section
> there called "Usage Restrictions"[1] but it isn't terribly visible.  I
> just added a new short paragraph at the top of the page referring to the
> guidelines.

My understanding is that we can use all the CentOS marks provided here[0].
However, those unfortunately are not looking good enough on Boxes and
we'd like to use, if possible, just the logo as in here[1]

Would that be possible? As far as I could understand that would be a
violation of the trademark.

[0]: https://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/Brand/Logo#head-bf605cecf99c819d5a39e726ffb928999e1a13e6
[1]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:CentOS#/media/File:CentOS_color_logo.svg

>
> Best regards,
>
> - Karsten
>
> [1]
> https://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/Brand/Logo#head-f379d7da0b5da9a7161148c5c9a093a00085975b
>
>
>
>
> On 09/18/2018 07:23 AM, Rich Bowen wrote:
>> Bumping this thread in the hopes that we can get an official opinion
>> from someone on the board.
>>
>> In particular, the guidelines at
>> https://wiki.centos.org/ArtWork/Brand/Logo seem to indicate that we're
>> not supposed to use the logo without the wordmark, but we do that all
>> the time, even on official swag. What's the official ruling, and who can
>> we go to for further clarification?
>>
>> --Rich
>>
>> On 6/19/18 7:29 AM, Fabiano Fidêncio wrote:
>>> People,
>>>
>>> Firstly, sorry for the cross-list post (centos-devel and centos-docs).
>>>
>>> I'd like to reach you in order to ask for a formal authorization to
>>> use CentOS logo on GNOME Boxes[0]. GNOME Boxes already shows a few
>>> other distro's logos as you can check here[1].
>>>
>>> Would be possible to get the explicit confirmation that we could use
>>> CentOS logo as well?
>>>
>>> [0]: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes
>>> [1]: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes/raw/master/README.logos
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>
>
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Fabiano Fidêncio