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Hello, |
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Pursuant to the recent board meeting, I am writing to begin discussion |
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regarding the licensing of the Gentoo "g" logo and associated "GENTOO" |
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trademark for use by the community, for non-commercial and personal |
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purposes as well as discuss strategy in dealing with commercial of |
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both. This discussion will include use by derivative distributions |
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based in part on Gentoo as well as Gentoo itself. |
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At this time, the board is generally amenable to allowing free use by |
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the community for non-commercial, private, personal use while taking |
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due consideration on a case by case basis for any commercial use by |
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dealing directly with the potential licensee. This is in line with |
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current precedent in the free and open source community at large. |
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Further there needs to be some discussion as to how we can best |
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demarcate official Gentoo media and items where necessary to prevent |
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confusion and/or the unintentional conveyance of support. |
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Please let the board know your thoughts and ideas on these matters as |
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we seek to reach a decision soon. |
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Thank you and best regards, |
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Matthew |
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Matthew W. Summers |
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Gentoo Foundation Inc. |
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