Rob, On 22.02.2013 20:41, Rob Nickerson wrote:
Do we have any guidelines for use of the OSM brand?
No. (I hesitate to call it a "brand", since that term is often used by marketing people, but I guess it is factually correct to use it.)
I mentioned a future trademark policy in this thread: http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2012-December/001947.html OSMF hasn't yet formulated any policy. The page you mention,
http://www.osmgb.org.uk/osm-gb-wiki/index.php/Main_Page
is indeed quite misleading and should at the very least carry a large disclaimer on top saying "this is not the OpenStreetMap web site; OSM-GB is a third-party project not affiliated with OpenStreetMap in any way".
If I were to set up a trademark policy I wouldn't forbid people using "osm" in their domain names outright but I would surely expect them to take the necessary precautions to avoid being mistaken for OSM.
(Also, someone should tell them about the license change.) Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail [email protected] ## N49°00'09" E008°23'33" _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
