Hi Florian,
I apologize if this has been asked before, but who specifically owns the
trademarked property? Is there an openoffice.org legal entity or is it
a branch of Sun? I wonder how much decision making authority is vested
with the OpenOffice group vs Sun, proper.
Best regards,
Ben Pracht
Florian Effenberger wrote:
Hi Andy,
thanks for your nice introduction - I've just granted you the Observer
status in the project. Glad to have you on board (and glad to see a
former OS/2 user which I've used myself for many years :-)
Just read the d...@marketing list to see what's up and soon, you'll
find some task you can work on. :-)
Unlike our software, the logo of OpenOffice.org is not available under
a free license, and in parts of the world, it is also protected by
trademark laws. This is done on purpose to prevent abuse of our name.
These days many fraudulent sites try to benefit from our good name and
reputation and lead users into doubtful offers.
Of course, we're happy to encourage legitimate usage of our logo, and
therefore, I'm glad to permit the use of our logo for the purposes
you've mentioned. There is only one limitation: Should you modify the
image by any means, please send us a draft in advance.
Ready-to-print files are directly available at
http://marketing.openoffice.org/art/galleries/marketing/logos/
For all other logos and images - like those from the wiki - there
might be different licenses. If you want to use one of these files,
please contact the respective authors directly.
In case of questions, please don't hesitate to ask me directly.
Yours,
Florian
My name is Andy Brown, username therabi. I have been using using
OpenOffice.org off and on since the it was Star Office for OS/2. I
have been trying to get others interested in using OpenOffice.org. I
have some ideas that I want to try but I am not a professional
salesperson so I am looking for fliers, posters and other publicity
type items.
I have requested permission to use the OpenOffice.org logos but have
not received a reply. I have a sample web page setup at
http://www.the-martin-byrd.net/openoffice.org.html . It is a simple
page but follows the type that I prefer to use.
I have joined some of the other OpenOffice.org projects and working
on those as well.
Thanks for inviting me.
Andy Brown
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