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* Tony Arnold: > Chris, > > Chris Rowson wrote: >>> Organisations have to be very protective about their trademarks. If they >>> are allowed to be used freely as is or modified, then they can lose >>> their trademark status through general usage. The Kleenex company in the >>> US had this problem many years ago. I think there was a big court case >>> about it. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Tony. >> That's fair enough Tony. >> >> I was really commenting about Matt saying: >> >>> Canonical is beginning to understand that customising the logo is in fact >>> a bad idea and causes the initial logo to lose its power. >> I didn't mean using it without their permission so they loose >> trademark status because of general usage. I was commenting on the >> turnaround from granting derivative works to disallowing them if you >> see what I mean.... > > OK. I think Matt has clarified this in a later posting. It's certainly a > bit of a turn around. Maybe they got lawyers involved! Not really a turnaround. The trademark policy is quite clear on modifying the logo. http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy Those have been the same since at least 2005, probably longer. Matt - -- http://www.mdke.org gnupg pub 1024D/0E6B06FF -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGChcntSaF0w5rBv8RAlyBAJoDfUDSCqzuAu/Vz74xCDmamiubCQCbBetD SRMA67IfgHKr8ZE0EmIwmno= =QLtk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
