On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:38 AM, Satoru Matsumoto <helios_reds@gmx.net> wrote:
Hi Zonker,
First of all, I'd like to appreciate you and your staffs for the effort to establish these guidelines.
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:
Have Questions? ===============
Yes. :-)
We can find the description "These Guidelines cover the following marks in word or logo form: openSUSE, SUSE, the Gecko, YaST, and AutoBuild." in "The openSUSE Marks" section.
What do you mean by "the Gecko" ? Does it mean our awesome mascot "Geeko" in this context ?
Yes.
In general, gecko is an alias name for lizard[1], and in computer world, Gecko also means a layout engine currently developed by Mozilla Corporation[2]. Therefore, IMHO, we had better avoid using the word "the Gecko" in this context.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_(layout_engine)
As you point out, a gecko is a name for a lizard -- and there's no reasonable chance of confusing our gecko with the Gecko layout engine. I'm not a lawyer, but we should be OK here. Just FYI - the mascot, if I understand correctly, was named for Juergen Geck (hence, gecko) one of the former SUSE guys.
By the way, is the name "Geeko" itself registered trademark of Novell ? I had an opportunity to read "Novell® Branding Guidelines - 2007 Edition", but in that Guidelines, I couldn't find the description "Novell, the Novell logo, openSUSE and the openSUSE logo ... *Geeko* ...are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc...", while I can find the name "Geeko" in various pages on Novell site, e.g.: http://ocw.novell.com/training-resources/geeko-training-videos
Does anyone know the name "Geeko" itself is registered or not ?
Not sure. I'll ask our legal folks on that one. Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb@zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager: http://zonker.opensuse.org Blogs: http://blogs.zdnet.com/community | http://www.dissociatedpress.net Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb http://identi.ca/group/opensuse/members -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org