On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Satoru Matsumoto <helios_reds@gmx.net> wrote:
Comforming with the branding, some logos in that page are not allowed. But I remember, red-capped Geeko was on the 'Main page' of the Wiki during Christmas season a few years ago and I have not heard that Novell lodged an objection about that.
If it was a few years ago, we might not have had the guidelines we have now -- or it may have been missed. Or the creator might have asked / received permission. Just because something slips through, it may not indicate that the guidelines have changed. ;-)
So, I'd like to ask Novell, "Are we not allowed to modify logos you own at all, even if we want to use it for our community activities ?"
We're working on a trademark policy, and hope to have it done relatively soon. Tentatively, what we would like to have is a logo that's used for "official" communications, boxes, etc. and a logo that is available for "community" activities and can be modified. You can always ask permission to use the "official" logo as well -- but what we'd like is a policy that allows as many things automatically as possible. Since we have limited manpower, especially on the legal side, we want to automate as much as possible and limit the "special cases."
If we are allowed to modify logos under certain conditions, I'd like to know the criteria and restrictions.
We're working on that and we'll publish it as soon as we can. Do you have any input on what kind of situations you need to modify the logo vs. using the stock logo? (Aside from this one, of course...) Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier openSUSE Community Manager jzb@zonker.net http://zonker.opensuse.org/ http://blogs.zdnet.com/community/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org