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On 6/26/13 11:03 PM, David Nalley wrote:
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Dave Lester <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Shane and David,
Now that the vote for a Mesos logo has passed, I have two questions:
1) Is there a formal process for transferring the rights for a logo? I
wasn't able to find anything on the website.
2) Where should I inquire about whether or not we need a TM to appear in our
new logo? As Chris A pointed out, a number of high-profile Apache projects
don't have a TM in their logos so I was unclear if this was necessary.
I'll defer to Shane to provide a canonical answer on 1.
On #2, [1] seems pretty clear that a TM is needed. The fact that many
projects aren't adhering to that isn't a good justification for not
adhering to the branding guidelines IMO.
[1] http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs.html#graphics
--David
As David notes, yes, we do need to have TMs in project logos. That not
all projects have yet complied is more a result of the fact we often
have a hard time finding volunteers with the graphical skills to update
logos without mucking them up. It's not a gating issue; the project can
certainly checkin and display the logo without the TM, but you do need
to have an action item to add the TM at some point.
In terms of assigning logo rights, we are working with legal counsel to
provide a simple trademark assignment that the logo designer can sign
for us. In the meantime, the Mesos PPMC should simply ensure that the
original logo's author has expressed their desire to donate this logo as
the Apache Mesos project logo in an email onlist, so we have the intent
down clearly.
Thanks,
- Shane Curcuru
VP, Brand Management
The Apache Software Foundation
