Thanks for all of your input. I have no intention of keeping the Chromium name nor logo (unless, obviously, I come across a requirement in one of the license agreements). I will be replacing that with my own logo.
Thanks again! Lea Hayes On 12 July, 21:07, Evan Stade <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 8:39 AM, dhhwai<[email protected]> wrote: > > > Well, the Chromium _source code_ is open source. > > > But my guess is I don't think you can use the Chromium name nor logo > > in any personally distributed software. > > I'm not sure what you mean by this, as there are already chromium > packages being distributed by groups who are not Google. They call it > chromium and use the blue/silver icon. But I can't see why he'd want > to reuse that name anyway if he's making such drastic changes. > > > > > Besides, I don't expect that > > you will since you want to make your own commercial software package. > > > On Jul 9, 6:56 am, PhistucK <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Not really, the open source Chrome is Chromium for a reason, so you could > >> use it.As far as I know, there are no closed copyrights for the Chromium > >> logo or name. > >> (Could be mistaking, though.) > > >> ☆PhistucK > > >> On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 16:46, Kruncher <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Thanks for the link of terms, and for your confirmation. > > >> > From what I can see in the terms, Chromium is primarily covered by the > >> > BSD and LGPL licences, so I can't see a problem there. I guess my > >> > primary concern is with copyright if I am reworking the "Chromium" > >> > browser part of the project to meet my own needs. > > >> > On 8 July, 03:43, Evan Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 2:59 PM, Kruncher<[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > I would like to use the Chromium source code as the basis to a custom > >> > > > documentation viewer. The following outlines what I would like to do > >> > > > with the source: > > >> > > > - Add sidebar panels to left/right of each Chromium window. > >> > > > - Remove unwanted features from drop-down menu buttons on main tool > >> > > > strip. > >> > > > - Remove "Inspector" and the various web developer and debugging > >> > > > tools > >> > > > from interface. > >> > > > - Replace search functionality with custom search functionality in > >> > > > URI > >> > > > address bar. > >> > > > - Add a custom scheme name "my-scheme:something/a/b/c.html" > >> > > > - Adjust "About" dialog box to reflect title of product with logo and > >> > > > product artwork. > >> > > > - Change colour scheme of the browser. > > >> > > > Whilst the application will still be able to access the webpages from > >> > > > the Internet, it will be used primarily for viewing offline content. > > >> > > > I have a couple of questions: > > >> > > > 1. Would this be compatible with the associated open source license? > >> > > > 2. Could the product be distributed as a part of a commercial > >> > > > package? > > >> > >http://code.google.com/chromium/terms.htmldescribesthelicenses of > >> > > the code. In general, the answer to both of your questions is "yes" > >> > > -- applications like yours are part of our intent in releasing the > >> > > code -- but you should definitely check with a lawyer before making a > >> > > commercial release, and I am not a lawyer. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Developers mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
