On 19-04-30 13:43:31, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 1:22 PM Kristian Fiskerstrand <k...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > > It matters if things are perceived as official Gentoo and causing a > > negative reputation as in the article in this thread. One some level > > that actually goes to trademark infringement that should be of interest > > to the foundation, but the issue is broader than that. > > > > While I don't speak for the Foundation, they already have a fairly > decent policy addressing this: > https://www.gentoo.org/inside-gentoo/foundation/name-logo-guidelines.html > > I believe this really only applies to use outside of Gentoo, and not > internal use. Whether a service like a Discord site falls under > internal use probably depends on the degree to which they are > completely subject to Council/Trustees/etc, and the social contract > and code of conduct as enacted by those bodies. > > For non-internal use the name/logo guidelines already have > requirements around reputation and code of conduct. You can't just > call yourself "Gentoo" and do whatever you want (not that I'm implying > that this is what any particular site is doing - I haven't even seen > the discord). >
From what I remember the last time this came up we gave them the choice of not using the name/logo in an official sense and using them with the guidelines (CoC, etc). iirc, they chose to follow the CoC. -- Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)
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