On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 03:01 -0400, Russ Nelson wrote: > On Jul 7, 2009, at 2:53 AM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote: > > > The logo is also now trademarked. I'll raise this (and have also > > copied to > > Matt) as currently we don't have a policy on reuse of the logo.
You'll need permission from Steve Coast first, as he is still listed as the Proprietor by the Intellectual Property Office. http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os/t-find/t-find-number?detailsrequested=C&trademark=2500155 A Canadian trade mark lawyer was surprised that the transfer from Steve Coast to the OpenStreetMap Foundation would take more than "a week or two". Has this transfer slipped due to oversight, incompetence, redefined goals or some sinister Satanic Portal[1] > We (Open Source Initiative) have struggled with this for years. Not > straightforward. Python Software Foundation has a good policy for > reuse of their snake logo. The Fedora Project has Trademark Guidelines. The Foundation might use this as a starting point once the Foundation owns a trade mark. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/TrademarkGuidelines#Proper_Trademark_Use [1] Satanic Portal might also be a trade mark owned by Steve Coast but I don't see it listed. http://www.ipo.gov.uk/search.htm?words=satanic +portal _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
