Just a quick tag to the above. We need to be careful whether we trying to solve a communications problem or a legal problem.
If we're talking about inadvertent trademark misuse, then we have two lightweight solutions: 1) Make it harder for someone to accidentally misuse the trademark via education, but also by not encouraging using of our core marks, but instead encouraging use of separate "community marks" that are not also used to identify our products. So segregation of two kinds of logos. 2) Handle with education and friendly contacts those who do inadvertently infringe. If we're talking about intentional misuse of the marks, then that is an entirely different issue. Playing around with where we put the logos, whether in the trunk or in another directory, or any other "soft" technological teams will have almost zero impact. If someone wants to misuse the trademark then they will easily overcome these inconveniences. The keys to dealing with intentional misuse are: 1) A documented trademark policy that makes it clear which uses are permitted and which are not. 2) Strong methods, cryptographic methods, to ensure that our official releases can be identified. 3) User education, so they know to look for such official releases. Does this make sense? -Rob
