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Matthew Summers wrote: |
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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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I don't recall what list it was but I brought this up on one of them |
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when Gentoo set up a profile on Google+ or whatever it is called. There |
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was 3 or 4 profiles that was using the Gentoo logo. I'm still not sure |
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which is the TRUE Gentoo profile. While I think it being used is a good |
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idea since Gentoo is open and all, it can also be a bad thing because it |
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causes confusion. |
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My question is this, when someone does what I described above on a |
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social site, how is Gentoo going to make sure people know which is the |
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TRUE Gentoo profile/page and which is done by someone else just using |
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Gentoo's logo? |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! |
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