-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jason Sandlin wrote: > OK, with all the discussion around here about how to handle > donations and any type of income I am a bit confused. So are we not > to include Ubuntu's name in something if we set up a non-profit > organization? Here is why I ask. > I anjoy getting old computers, getting them working and giving them > to my daughters school. After I started doing this I have received > requests from other schools for help in getting some computers. I > don;t mind at all. So after I realized the demand was out there I > approached a couple of larger companies about donating old > computers. That is when I was asked if I was a non-profit org or > not. This would give them the tax right off they wanted. So my > thinking if to start such an organization for this task. Then > whether I was giving Ubuntu computers of refurbished windows systems > it would be getting the message out that Ubuntu was envolved in > helping our local community. Just a thought. If it is a problem > doing this then I will come up with a different name and still do > the same thing. I just saw it as a win - win situation. > So if this is not an issue, who would I contact about getting > permission to use the Ubuntu name. If it is an issue I would still > like to know if i could name it something else then advertise that > is was run by the Alabama LoCo. > I do not want to start yet another debate on whether Non profit orgs > are good or bad. In my case it is good whether Ubuntu's name is used > or not. I was just wondering where we stand on this issue. > > -- > Jason Sandlin > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlabamaTeam > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-al Would be a question for [EMAIL PROTECTED] The general policy is at http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy.
Can you release any names of corporations that have been willing to help? Any tips from what you've learned? I'm getting into something similar. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG/ve1KlAIzV4ebxoRAt2DAKCop3b0jY8NRxM77EAzDAD+UC8iqQCgzv/c 4sFE9Wau3utubMiHM58p3Lk= =nYlG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- loco-contacts mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
