Re: gnome miro community

[Sven Herzberg <herzi gnome-de org>]

Hi,

Am Mittwoch, den 20.01.2010, 10:20 -0500 schrieb will kahn-greene:
> On 01/20/2010 09:44 AM, Paul Cutler wrote:
> > On 01/19/2010 05:00 PM, will kahn-greene wrote:
>  >>
>  >> Can I use some of the Gnome branding on the site?  In particular, I'd
>  >> love to put the Gnome foot in the banner instead of the "I have
>  >> no icon" image.
>  >
> > Regarding the logo, this page has some guidelines:
> > http://live.gnome.org/BrandGuidelines.
> 
> I should have mentioned that I've seen that page.  I don't think it 
> states the licensing of those logos and it doesn't talk about who can 
> use them and whether there are any restrictions for what they can be 
> used with.  The thing that page does cover is what's allowed in terms of 
> derivatives of the foot logo and what transformations can be applied.
> 
> So unless I'm reading that page wrong or I'm missing something, it 
> doesn't answer my question.
> 
> Is it the case that anyone can use Gnome branding?

IIRC, the foundation has always tolerated what I would call "fair-use"
of the logo. But the foundation's board would be the best persons to
talk to about legal things.

Regards,
  Sven