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On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 07:12:19PM -0400 or thereabouts, Joshua Brindle wrote: |
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> Aside from people selling stuff with our logo/name how does trademark |
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> law work on something like |
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> http://www.gentoo-wiki.com |
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Not sure on the issue of using Gentoo as part of their domain name. The |
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use of our logo on the site, however, is clearly not authorized. |
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> afaik noone could register microsoft-wiki.com so this seems like a |
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> violation, are we going to grant exceptions on a per case basis for |
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> pages like this which really want to help the community and not just |
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> make a buck? |
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Protecting our IP isn't just about making (or not making) a buck. We can |
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chose to license our logo to whomever we want for free if we wish. |
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However, we need to consider the consequences of that. If we allow someone |
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to set up a site that looks and feels like our own (or even just uses our |
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logo...) there is a reasonable chance that folks will assume they're an |
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official part of our organization. Things that get posted on that site may |
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be taken as official communications, etc. |
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We don't have to charge for use of our logo, but I *do* think we should be |
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very picky about who we allow to use our logo. |
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--kurt |
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