On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:50 AM, Thoar Varenkamp
Therefore, I would like to ask the following things. Is it able to use the openSUSE logo as avatar? Or is it able to get approval to use the logo on the account? What about other pictures and/or photos with openSUSE on it? Because if I am not mistaken, Novell has the copyrights of the openSUSE logo.
You should be able to use the openSUSE mark, yes. See the section on "Advocacy Groups" in the openSUSE trademark guidelines. Novell does have the trademark on the openSUSE logo, yes. But Novell does grant permission to use the marks in some limited ways automatically without having to seek special permissions, as laid out in the guidelines. If the ways are not laid out in the guidelines, then feel free to ask permission. We can't just grant all permissions automatically, but the main goals are to use the trademark in a way that supports the community while making sure that the trademark isn't lost.
Another aspect is, what kind of content should be placed? What kind of content is allowed to be placed? (copyright?)
Anything newsworthy about openSUSE seems reasonable. I haven't used the service, though -- is it a microblog like Twitter, or more like Facebook? What kinds of content are reasonable for the service? Our news.opensuse.org content is available under the GFDL v 1.2 unless otherwise specified. So you should be able to repost elsewhere without problems so long as you follow that. And linking is always appreciated.
Should news of openSUSE be stressed, or practical information, or anything else?
Depends on the site. What's interesting to users there?
Generally, the best thing with social media is to try to tailor
information to fit the audience.
Best,
Zonker
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Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier