<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Dear Michel,<br><br>Thank you for reaching out and for your responsible approach to trademark use.<br><br>This email confirms that you have permission to use the domain name qgis.tips for your personal, non-commercial blog, under the conditions you described. We appreciate your efforts in clearly identifying the site as unofficial and your intent to support the QGIS community.<br><br>Your use of the domain is permitted on the following terms:<br><ul><li>Disclaimer: You continue to display a clear disclaimer on every page, such as: “This is not an official QGIS website. This website is made by Michel Stuyts.”</li><li>Visual Identity: You do not use the QGIS logo, project branding, or any other visual elements in a way that could imply endorsement or official status.</li><li>Non-Commercial Use: The site remains non-commercial and does not offer paid services, training, or products without prior written agreement from QGIS.org.</li><li>Trademark Compliance: You remain in compliance with the QGIS Trademark Guidelines.</li></ul><br>We value your contributions to the QGIS community and are happy to support initiatives that share tips and best practices with users. If your site’s purpose or usage changes in the future, please get in touch again so we can review it together.<br></div><div>Cheers</div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Marco Bernasocchi<div><div><br></div><div>QGIS.org Chair<br>OSGEO.org VP Europe<br>OPENGIS.ch CEO</div></div><div><a href="http://berna.io" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://berna.io</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 15 May 2025, 12:10 Michel Stuyts, <<a href="mailto:info@michelstuyts.be" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">info@michelstuyts.be</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#333333">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I recently made a new blog to share tips and tricks for QGIS users. It can be found at <a href="https://qgis.tips" target="_blank">https://qgis.tips</a>. It is a personal non-profit side project and I don’t use the QGIS logo. To make it very clear it’s not an official QGIS website I added the text “This not an official QGIS website. This website is made by Michel Stuyts.” to the footer of every page of the website. I was notified by Alexandre Neto I should ask permission to use the word “qgis” in the url of my blog. So my question is: is it ok for me to use the domain “qgis.tips” for my blog?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Michel Stuyts</p>
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