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On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 11:39:51AM +0200, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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> Some (quite a few I can believe) communities want to sell Gentoo T-Shirts |
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> for commercial purposes. The current guidelines we've drafted don't allow |
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> the use of the "g" logo for commercial purposes unless it's not the primary |
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> logo on the same side (i.e. there must be a larger logo on the t-shirt). |
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> I've received the question regarding the use of a (smaller) g-logo _inside_ |
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> a larger logo. Communities (say "The Foo Gentoo Community") don't mind |
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> creating their own logo but they always (or most of the time) want to use |
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> the "G" logo inside. |
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> What's our point in these cases? Do we allow the unmodified use of the G |
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> logo within other logos for commercial purposes? Do we require certain |
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> rules regarding "the other" logo (so that it's not just a circle around the |
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> "g" logo) or do we rather not allow it at all? |
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Some trustees won't remember this e-mail since it was posted quite some time |
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ago. The topic however is valid again: |
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What about communities and user groups who want to identify themselves with |
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Gentoo? Can they use the Gentoo "g" logo in their own logo (with |
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modifications)? |
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The result back then was that it was allowed, yet this isn't reflected in the |
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current name/logo guidelines. I'd like to put this in the guidelines as |
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well, in the "Gentoo Community Projects" section, as an additional |
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paragraph: |
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The Gentoo Foundation, Inc. grant Gentoo community sites, projects and |
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groups the right to use a clearly modified version of the Gentoo "g" logo as the |
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logo that uniquely identifies themselves from the other communities. |
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""" |
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Without this, we can't allow this use and must react against any occurrence |
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(like gentoo.be, gentoofr.org, gentoo.de, gentoo.pl, ...). Mind you that |
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some of these sites use an unmodified version which we shouldn't allow at |
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all. Allowing modified logos should make a simple solution to all. |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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