On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Kay Schenk <[email protected]> wrote: > > There are some first steps proceding with moving portions of the existng > > OpenOffice.org site to Apache. See, for example, > > > > http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/download/index.html > > > > This page lacks headers and footers, which brings me to... > > > > I know there's been discussion about the current OpenOffice.org logo > > > > vis a vis trademarks, possible changes due to Apache etc. > > > > But could someone give us an update on this? > > > > Can we use the existing logo without changes (i.e. ref to Apache?) or ??? > > > > Use the logo where? >
Rob et al-- On the pages that are currently being migrated/created -- the link I sent above is essentially the current OO.o download page without headers/ footers. > > > There seems to be few Apache projects. e.g Buildr, which don't seem to > use > > the Apache logo, and since there seems to be a consensus to keep > > OpenOffice.org at a site openoffice.org, I'm wondering if we can just > > proceed with what we ahve in terms of headers for web pages without > change. > > > > Which headers and footers? The ones at OO.o that have the Oracle and > the Project Kenai logos and have the statement "Oracle and Java are > registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its affiliates"? I don't > think we will want to keep that page footer unchanged. > yes, right--of course we would exclude these references. > > I think the way to think of this is: > > 1) Oracle owns the trademark in the name "OpenOffice.org" and in the > graphical logo. This trademark is registered in several countries. > > 2) Oracle has stated that they will assign these trademarks to Apache. > This involves paperwork in multiple countries and will take time. > Andrew Rist is the best one to give an update on where they are in > that process. > ah, OK. Thanks. > > 3) Once transferred to Apache then we can use the logo per Apache > Branding Requirements: > http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs.html > > 4) If we want to create a different version of that logo (if that is > what you are asking about) then this is really two questions: > > a) Do we have the right to modify the logo? I think that would be > yes. We can create derived works if we own the copyright to the logo. > > b) What is the status of the modified logo? I have no idea what that > does in terms of trademark. In particular, would it mean we need to > register the modified logo? If this comes up as a direction we want > to take, we'd need to consult with Apache Branding on this. > OK, and thanks for your response. > > Regards, > > -Rob > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > MzK > > > > "If you can keep your head when all others around you > > are losing theirs - maybe you don't fully understand > > the situation!" > > -- Unknown > > > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "If you can keep your head when all others around you are losing theirs - maybe you don't fully understand the situation!" -- Unknown
