[ale] [ANNC] ALE Ubuntu Install Fest - Saturday, May 16 (correction)

[Brian Pitts]

Stephen R. Blevins wrote:
> I hope you had Canonical's permission to use the Ubuntu trademark in 
> your poster.
> 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/08/AR2009050804244.html

Here is the Ununtu trademark policy.

http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy


Trademark Policy

This draft trademark policy is itself published under the CC-BY-SA
license, you are welcome to base your own project trademark policies off
it, just let others use your changes and give credit to the Ubuntu
project as the original source!

The objective of the Ubuntu trademark policy is to encourage widespread
use of the Ubuntu trademarks by the Ubuntu community while controlling
that use in order to avoid confusion on the part of Ubuntu users and the
general public, to maintain the value of the image and reputation of the
trademarks and to protect them from inappropriate or unauthorised use.

The sections below describe what is allowed, what isn't allowed, and
cases in which you should ask permission.

If you have any doubt, please contact us and a member of our trademark's
team will be in touch with you shortly.

If you are aware a breach or misuse of the Ubuntu trademarks in any way,
we would appreciate you bringing this to our attention. Please contact
us so that we can investigate this further.

The Trademarks

Canonical owns a number of trademarks and these include UBUNTU, KUBUNTU,
EDUBUNTU, and XUBUNTU. The trademarks are registered in both word and
logo form. Any mark ending with the letters UBUNTU or BUNTU is
sufficiently similar to one or more of the trademarks that permission
will be needed in order to use it. This policy encompasses all marks, in
word and logo form, collectively referred to as “Trademarks”.
Permitted Use

Certain usages of the Trademarks are fine and no specific permission
from us is needed.

Community Advocacy.

Ubuntu is built by, and largely for, its community. We share access to
the Trademarks with the entire community for the purposes of discussion,
development and advocacy. We recognise that most of the open source
discussion and development areas are for non-commercial purposes and
will allow the use of the trademarks in this context, provided:

    *      the Trademark is used in a manner consistent with the Usage
Guidelines below
    *      there is no commercial intent behind the use
    *      what you are referring to is in fact Ubuntu. If someone is
confused into thinking that what isn't Ubuntu is in fact Ubuntu, you are
probably doing something wrong
    *      there is no suggestion (through words or appearance) that
your project is approved, sponsored, or affiliated with Ubuntu or its
related projects unless it actually has been approved by and is
accountable to the Ubuntu Community Council

Derived works.

The ability to customise Ubuntu to meet your specific needs is one of
the great strengths of free software in general, and Ubuntu in
particular. While we encourage customisation and derivation of Ubuntu,
we must balance that freedom with the integrity of the Trademarks and
the quality which they represent. To help reach that balance, we have
established the following guidelines and definitions.

We recognise and encourage the concept of a “remix.” Remixes are derived
versions of Ubuntu, and it is intended that any software and hardware
certifications will apply to a Remix. Therefore the changes from the
official Ubuntu product must be minimal to be permitted to use the
Trademarks. These changes can include configuration changes through the
existing Ubuntu configuration management tools, changes to artwork and
graphical themes and some variance in package selection. In general, a
Remix can have applications from the Ubuntu archives added, or default
applications removed, but removing or changing any infrastructure
components (e.g., shared libraries or desktop components) will result in
changes too large for the resulting product to be called by a Trademark.
Note that if the nature of the product's divergence from Ubuntu changes,
the Remix naming and Trademark use may no longer apply.

Therefore, if you are creating a derivative of Ubuntu, you may use the
Trademarks in association with the software product provided:

    *      the changes are minimal and unsubstantial, as described above
    *      there is no commercial intent associated with the new product
    *      the Trademark is used in a way that makes it clear that your
project is a development effort related to the Ubuntu source, but that
the software you are working upon is not in fact Ubuntu as distributed
by the Ubuntu project. The approved naming scheme to facilitate this is
through designation “Remix”. For instance, a new ISO image which has
been packaged special tools for software developers could be called
“Ubuntu, Developers Remix”, or an image was has been created with Thai
language packs could be called "Ubuntu Thai Remix". Words such as
"Edition" and "Version" should be avoided, as they have specific meaning
within the Ubuntu project. Prefixes, such as “ThaiBuntu” should also be
avoided. Any other naming scheme will require explicit permission.
    *      there is no suggestion (through words or appearance) that
your project is approved, sponsored, or affiliated with Ubuntu or its
related projects unless it has been approved by and is governed by the
Ubuntu Community Council.

If you are producing a new product which is based on Ubuntu but which
has more substantial changes than those described above as a Remix, you
are allowed to state (and we would encourage you to do so) that your
product is "derived from Ubuntu", "based on Ubuntu", or "a derivative of
Ubuntu" but you may not use the Trademarks to refer to your product. In
some cases you may be allowed to use the Trademarks, but we'll need to
discuss that. In that event, these products will need a trademark
license, and such a license can be revoked if the nature of your
divergence from Ubuntu changes. Products which include very invasive
changes, such as a new kernel, the inclusion of packages which are not
part of the Ubuntu repositories, or anything else that significantly
impacts the technical quality or user experience would fall into this
category are unlikely to be approved. (Note that if you are including
packages which are not part of the Ubuntu repositories, we encourage you
to work within the community processes to submit and maintain those
packages within the repositories in order to minimise this issue.)

Building on Ubuntu or for Ubuntu.

If you are producing new software which is intended for use with or on
Ubuntu, you may use the Trademark in a way which indicates the intent of
your product. For example, if you are developing a system management
tool for Ubuntu, acceptable project titles would be "System Management
for Ubuntu" or "Ubuntu Based Systems Management". We would strongly
discourage, and likely would consider to be problematic, a name such as
UbuntuMan, Ubuntu Management, ManBuntu, etc. Furthermore, you may not
use the Trademarks in a way which implies an endorsement where that
doesn't exist, or which attempts to unfairly or confusingly capitalise
on the goodwill or brand of the project.

Commentary and parody.

The Ubuntu trademarks are designed to cover use of a mark to imply
origin or endorsement by the project. When a user downloads something
called Ubuntu, they should know it comes from the Ubuntu project. This
helps Ubuntu build a reputation that will not be damaged by confusion
around what is, and isn't, Ubuntu. Using the trademarks in your
discussion, commentary, criticism or parody, in ways that unequivocally
do not imply endorsement, is permissible. Anyone is free to write
articles, create websites, blog about, or talk about Ubuntu -- as long
as it's clear to everyone -- including people completely unfamiliar with
Ubuntu -- that they are simply referring to Ubuntu and in no way
speaking for Canonical, or the Ubuntu project.

We reserve the right to review all usage within the open source
community, and to object to any usage that appears to overstep the
bounds of discussion and good-faith non-commercial development. In any
event, once a project has left the open source project phase or
otherwise become a commercial project, this policy does not authorise
any use of the Trademarks in connection to that project.
Restricted use that requires a trademark license

Permission from us is necessary to use any of the Trademarks under any
circumstances other than those specifically permitted above. These include:

    *      Any commercial use.
    *      Use on or in relation to a software product that includes or
is built on top of a product supplied by us, if there is any commercial
intent associated with that product.
    *      Use in a domain name or URL.
    *      Use for merchandising purposes, e.g. on t-shirts and the like.
    *      Use of a name which includes the letters BUNTU in relation to
computer hardware or software.
    *      Services relating to any of the above.

If you wish to have permission for any of the uses above or for any
other use which is not specifically referred to in this policy, please
contact us and we'll let you know as soon as possible if your proposed
use is permissible. Note that due to the volume of mail we receive, it
may take up to a week to process your request. Permission may only be
granted subject to certain conditions and these may include the
requirement that you enter into an agreement with us to maintain the
quality of the product and/or service which you intend to supply at a
prescribed level.

While there may be exceptions, it is very unlikely that we will approve
Trademark use in the following cases:

    *      Use of a Trademark in a company name.
    *      Use of a Trademark in a domain name which has a commercial
intent. The commercial intent can range from promotion of a company or
product, to collecting revenue generated by advertising.
    *      The calling of any software or product by the name UBUNTU (or
another related Trademark), unless that software or product is a
substantially unmodified Ubuntu product, or properly labelled as a
"Remix" as described above.
    *      Use in combination with any other marks or logos. This
include use of a Trademark in a manner that creates a "combined mark,"
or use that integrates other wording with the Trademark in a way that
the public may think of the use as a new mark (for example Club Ubuntu
or UbuntuBooks, or in a way that by use of special fonts or presentation
with nearby words or images conveys an impression that the two are tied
in some way).
    *      Use in combination with any product or service which is
presented as being Certified or Official or formally associated with us
or our products or services.
    *      Use in a way which implies an endorsement where that doesn't
exist, or which attempts to unfairly or confusingly capitalise on the
goodwill or brand of the project.
    *      Use of a Trademark in a manner that disparages Ubuntu,
Canonical or its products and is not clearly third-party parody.
    *      On or in relation to a software product which constitutes a
substantially modified version of a product supplied by the Ubuntu
project, that is to say with material changes to the code, or services
relating to such a product.
    *      In a title or metatag of a web page whose sole intention or
result is to influence search engine rankings or result listings, rather
than for discussion, development or advocacy of the Trademarks.

Logo Usage Guidelines

Our logos are presented in multiple colours and it is important that
their visual integrity be maintained. It is therefore preferable that
the logos only be used in their standard form but if you should feel the
need to alter them in any way you should keep the following guidelines
in mind. It should also be borne in mind that the more you wish to vary
our logos from their standard form the smaller is the chance that we
will be able to approve your proposed use.

    *      If presented in multiple colours, the logo should only use
the “official” logo colours.
    *      You may use transparency and gradient/depth tools but should
retain the “official” colours.
    *      A monochrome version may be acceptable in certain situations,
if the use requires it (e.g. desktop backgrounds).
    *      Any scaling must retain the original proportions of the logo.