[GNOME-India] Re: Request for permission for Logo usage

[Sayamindu Dasgupta <sayamindu clai net>]

On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 10:51 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
> <quote who="Sayamindu Dasgupta">
> 
> > We at GNOME-India ae working on a website (initial beta skeleton at
> > gnome-in.sarovar.org). I would like to know whether GNOME-India is
> > regarded as a part of the GNOME Foundation. If no, we would like to ask
> > for permission for using the GNOME Foot Logo in our site. Otherwise, our
> > use without permission will set a precedent - which may cause difficulties
> > later.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> GNOME India is not part of the GNOME Foundation (due to tax reasons in the
> US, where the GNOME Foundation is founded), but it is most certainly a
> member of the international family of GNOME user and developer groups! :-)
> 
> I will clarify whether individual board members may grant permission for
> trademark usage, but here's a tentative "YES OF COURSE!" from me.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Jeff

hmm - quite a big hornet's nest ;-)
anyway - I am including the logos in our page - with the following lines
in the footer - 
"GNOME and the foot logo are  trademarks of the 
<a href="http://foundation.gnome.org";>GNOME Foundation<a>."

-sdg-