[SoaS] Governance & Trademark in the Wiki

[Luke Faraone]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 08:05, Sebastian Dziallas <sebastian at when.com>wrote:

> I am herewith proposing the following changes to the section 5a. This
> has been derived from Fedora's trademark guidelines [1] and might need
> to be adjusted to cover more cases, as listed in those guidelines. By
> referring to Sugar on a Stick, the following draft means the project
> located [2] and hosted [3] here.
>
> - You *may* use the term "Sugar on a Stick" whenever referring to the
> official Sugar on a Stick product and its releases, as well as when
> distributing unmodified copies of it.
> -- However, this usage *must not* imply any endorsement by Sugar Labs or
> the Sugar on a Stick project, unless this is case and an appropriate
> agreement has been reached.
>
> - You *may* modify Sugar on a Stick and create remixes of it.
> -- However, when distributing or selling this modified version, you
> *must not* call it Sugar on a Stick.
> -- When not exposing the resulting product to the public, you *may*
> still call it Sugar on a Stick, though. A deployment might adjust Sugar
> on a Stick for its needs and still say it deployed Sugar on a Stick, as
> long as the modified version is not distributed publicly.
>

+1 on all of the above.

I believe that this is a reasonable addition, and that this will still allow
third party developers to make products that synergize with the Sugar Labs
ecosystem.

-- 
Luke Faraone
http://luke.faraone.cc
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