[fab] Kadischi : Legal issues

[Mark Webbink]

I am not, not have I ever been, a fan of powered by or based on, since
that attributes the value of the brand to something that isn't the
brand.  It is either a technology to which the brand applies in its
entirety, or its not.

Mark

Christopher Blizzard wrote:

> Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
>
>>   a. Does he call it:
>>     + Fedora KDE?
>>     + RexKDE, based on Fedora?
>>     + KDExcellent, a Fedora distribution?
>
>
> Another might be "KDE LiveCD, based on Fedora."  Sounds dorky, but if
> he's doing it because he likes KDE more than Fedora it makes sense.
> It's not strong branding for us, because it doesn't look like it has
> our blessing.  So maybe "KDE LiveCD, powered by Fedora."  might be
> better if we're actually blessing it.
>
>>
>>   b. Does he need our approval, or is that approval implied
>>      by the fact that it's all Fedora components?
>
>
> Here's another way to put it: if you get it from fedoraproject.org
> and/or official mirrors, it's Fedora.  If you get it from somewhere
> else it's based on/powered by.  That's one possible knife we can use.
>
> --Chris
>
>>
>> Once we successfully answer these branding questions, we can close
>> the issue.
>>
>> --g
>>
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>> On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Karsten Wade wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 16:11 +0200, Chitlesh GOORAH wrote:
>>>
>>>> I got you two guys right, Red Hat allows anyone who builds a livecd to
>>>> use Fedora Logos and Fedora Trademarks, or are there some
>>>> restrictions?
>>>
>>> Mark addressed that by saying that he would follow his initial email
>>> with another email about Fedora marks:
>>>
>>>> On 4/18/06, Mark Webbink <mwebbink at redhat.com> wrote:
>>>>   As to appropriate use of the
>>>>
>>>>> Fedora marks, longer answer to follow.
>>>>
>>> We should wait for that answer.
>>>
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