Hi Sean, > http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Trademark_case_studies
Thanks for doing this. > "approval can't be automatic for several reasons I have outlined > previously, but in particular because of periodicity, renewal, > and revocation if conditions not respected (e.g. the stick turns > out to have proprietary software on it instead of the official SL > build). Another reason is support - we need to avoid scenario of > sales which imply SL community support without our even knowing > about it." As a heads-up, at the moment I disagree with the idea that trademark approval can't be automatic, even within the constraints you've given. For example, "you can use the mark without permission as long as your product does not contain proprietary software" is a fine way to control that particular condition, if we wanted to, and similarly "if you are including extra software, you should prominently advertise that Sugar Labs does not provide support for your product, and give your own contact details for support instead" works for support. We could make it clear that adherence to these conditions is going to be strictly necessary, that the conditions might change in the future, and that we'll be communicative about what we perceive to be an infraction before we attempt to revoke the use of the automatic license due to non-compliance with the terms. Fedora and Ubuntu feel like the closest matches to our use case, and both have strong no-permission uses of trademarks available, which I'm sure helps to grow their ecosystems; I think people often avoid asking for permission, even in cases where it's clear that it will probably be given. (How do others feel about this?) Thanks, - Chris. -- Chris Ball <[email protected]> One Laptop Per Child _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
