[Qgis-psc] Trademark issues

[Nathan Woodrow]

Hey Paolo,

Is it still possible to remove the sub licence term and just use
"Permission to Use" I still think the sub licence thing is going to cause
issue and people will find it confusing, even more so if there is a fee to
use it on a service.

There are still some things I think we need to clarify:

 - A QGIS logo on a website linking to qgis.org or any of our domains, or
github.

IMO we shouldn't require anyone to ask for permission to do this, and we
should make that clear.

- Does stuff like training material, or training services, require
Permission to Use?

I think for me the main thing is not making it hard or confusing for people
to spread the QGIS word (now I sound like a preacher).

- Nathan

On Thu Oct 30 2014 at 3:45:36 AM Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>
wrote:

> Hi all.
> I've spent some time thinking about the issue; please find herewith
> attached my
> proposal for replacing the current page [0]. Thanks to everybody for their
> thoughts.
>
> Some notes:
> * for QGIS-branded products, we might grant a written permission after
> asking advice
> from a lawyer, and write a formal agreement; expenses should be covered
> entirely by
> the applicant; alternatively, we may write what we believe is reasonable
> * we still have an open suggestion to ask for some fees (besides covering
> the costs,
> see above) from those requesting permission; I do not have a strong
> opinion on this,
> but I think it may be an interesting possibility.
> * I did not mention in the page the case of non profit organizations using
> QGIS name
> and logo in their names; I think this is a grey area; perhaps it would not
> be bad if
> they ask us, so to encourage more direct contacts with PSC. This would
> make it easier
> further communication.
>
> Comments welcome. I agree the current page may be sacry, so I'd like to
> replace with
> a better one (the attached one or other) ASAP.
>
> [0] http://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/governance/
> trademark/index.html
>
> --
> Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
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