[FOSS4G-Oceania] Fwd: use of FOSS4G SotM Oceania logo

[Alex Leith]

It’s quite common for logos to be protected more than art or data. See
QGIS, for example:
https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/trademark/index.html

But you’re right, this does need a bit more consideration than my first
response...
On Sat, 22 Sep 2018 at 9:08 am, Jonah Sullivan <jonahsullivan79 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> From: Jonah Sullivan <jonahsullivan79 at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, 22 Sep. 2018, 08:12
> Subject: Re: [FOSS4G-Oceania] use of FOSS4G SotM Oceania logo
> To: adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com>
>
>
> I'm surprised that there is consensus against people using the conference
> logo.
>
> The conference is predicated on people who collaborate and volunteer their
> work and intellectual property for public benefit, but the conference
> committee doesn't want to use the same permissive licensing for the
> conference intellectual property.
>
> What is going to happen when someone shows up with an unauthorised logo on
> a shirt? Are we going to sue them for IP infringement?
>
> The only licensing information on the website is cc zero for the code of
> conduct.
>
> On Sat, 22 Sep. 2018, 07:53 adam steer, <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> one more quickly - we’d want them to all purchase proper event t-shirts
>> as a condition, right?
>>
>> :D
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, 22 Sep 2018 at 07:51, adam steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I broadly agree with Cameron, but also see the desire not to allow usage
>>> of the logo.
>>>
>>> Can we achieve ‘allowing organisations to use the logo’ without ’needing
>>> to vet designs’?
>>>
>>> In addition to Cameron’s suggestion about wording, perhaps setting some
>>> maximum size and placement guidelines would be appropriate.
>>>
>>> Let me think a bit, I’ll pop back with tangible suggestions…
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
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