Re: Can we use this logo?

[alex diavatis <alexis diavatis gmail com>]

Hello, 

> So, from my limited understanding, it depends on what you are intending to
> do with the logo. If you are not intending to use it in a case that could be
> fitted into one of the categories mentioned above, I don't see why you would
> need approval to use it.

I think I cover many of the above cases ;)

In particular I want to use it

1. For wogue.org and worldofgnome.org blog as logo

2. In crowdfunding campaigns

3. As logo in Google Logins for two services

    1. A simple app that people can add gnome news in our blog

    2. A theme service. That is kinda deviant art, but for GNOME only and in the future may include an eshop

The above two services will have their own logos, and actually the second is commercial. 

I will use the "Foot" only for the single logins. 

I realize that I can't use the GNOME-Foot, so my question here is if I can use it slightly modified. A foot that looks like "G".

Of course all foots more or less will look the same. But GNOME's foot, is so perfect! The guy he did it was really good!

Thank you, 

- alex

On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 1:07 AM, Tobias Mueller <muelli cryptobitch de> wrote:

Hi.

On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 01:29:18PM +0000, Ekaterina Gerasimova wrote:
> On 12 March 2014 13:22, alex diavatis <alexis diavatis gmail com> wrote:

> > I was wondering if it's okay to use such logo (attachment)
> >
> > We use GNOME-Logo (foot) -with an angle- as part of it, but we will colorize
> > it.
> > If it is an issue, we can also modify the foot a bit.
>
> As it's a modification, it will need to go through the board to make
> sure that it's not a trademark issue.

I doubt this is the case.
The logo itself was released as a file under a LGPL license (IIRC).
If you used that to create your logo, you are bound to the terms of that
license.

The trademark we hold for the logo has been granted for:

"Computer application software for mobile phones, namely, software for creating
and managing a virtual desktop and the development and execution of other
software applications; Computer application software for desktops, laptops, and
netbooks, namely, software for creating and managing a virtual desktop and the
development and execution of other software applications; Computer software
development tools; Computer software, namely, software development tools for the
creation of mobile internet applications and client interfaces; Downloadable
computer software for creating and managing a virtual desktop and the
development and execution of other software applications; Downloadable software
for creating and managing a virtual desktop and the development and execution of
other software applications; Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile
application for creating and managing a virtual desktop and the development and
execution of other software applications; Graphical user interface software"

and

"Computer software design; Computer software design for others; Computer
software design, computer programming, or maintenance of computer software;
Computer software development; Computer software development and computer
programming development for others; Computer software development in the field
of mobile applications; Consultancy in the field of software design; Consulting
in the field of software and product development in the field of free and open
source software"

cf. http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=4063108&caseType=US_REGISTRATION_NO&searchType=statusSearch

So, from my limited understanding, it depends on what you are intending to
do with the logo. If you are not intending to use it in a case that could be
fitted into one of the categories mentioned above, I don't see why you would
need approval to use it.

Cheers,
  Tobi