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Eduard Gamonal ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: John Slater <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:42 AM Subject: Re: Copyright issue: Firefox logo and our comming community site To: [email protected] Cc: tara shanian <[email protected]> Hi Eduard. Apologies for the delay in getting back to you here. I asked our legal counsel about this and here's what she said: In my review, I looked at this logo as if it was on an unrelated third > party's site (e.g., someone pretending to be a part of our community but > charging users for Firefox). Would I consider their use infringing? The > answer is "yes." We have to apply the same criteria for all websites, so (1) > we don't dilute our marks and (ii) we have an even defense. We don't want a > non-friendly site challenging our trademarks or policy by pointing to > community member's site and say "Look, these Mozilla affiliated folks are > doing the same thing that I am." We lose our footing if we can't rebuke > that claim. And if this happens in a court, we could lose our trademark > status. > > We do have the Mozilla Community Logo that allows for a certain amount of > customization. It was expressly designed for our local communities' > websites. Maybe he can use that one? > So, unfortunately it looks like this is a no go. Would the Mozilla Community Logo work for you? If so, Tara can help you get a copy. -John On Jun 29, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Eduard Gamonal wrote: Hi John and Tara, > > I got your e-mail in #marketing when I asked the following: > My name's Edu and I localize some products and mozilla-europe site > into Catalan ( https://wiki.mozilla.org/ > L10n:Localization_Teams#Catalan_.28ca.2Cca-AD.29 > ). I'm building our community site and the logo we are about to choose > looks close to the attached one. It's a dragon embracing our contry, > much like the red-panda-fox embracing the world. > I suppose there's no problem, since other projects like Iceweasel, in > Debian, have done the same, but i'd like to be sure about iit. > Do you think it is ok or infringes any copyright? > > Thank you :) > > -- > Edu > > Eduard Gamonal > <mozcatala21.jpg> >
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