[OSGeo-UK] GIS logo use

[Mike Spencer]

Thanks Jo,

That was my feeling. If I'd felt it was OK I'd have just done it! I'll make
some generic map/compass signal for the thumbnail.

Mike

On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 16:01, Jo Cook <jocook at astuntechnology.com> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> While I agree there's not much on the OSGeo website about it (actually
> there are some trademark guidelines but they are hard to find-
> https://www.osgeo.org/legal-information/ my gut feeling is that it's
> not an appropriate use of the logo, unfortunately. That's mainly
> because it sounds as if your internal GIS group will not be focusing
> specifically on open source software, and certainly not just OSGeo,
> and I think that would count as confusing the OSGeo brand.
>
> What you could do, though, is email the address at the bottom of the
> page I linked to and ask if they think it's OK?
>
> All the best
>
> Jo
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 3:42 PM Mike Spencer <spencer.mike.r at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > I'm setting up an internal GIS user group at work. I'd like a little
> logo for our MS Teams page to help people identify the group purpose.
> >
> > My org is a funny beast and works across education, research and
> consultancy. Our consultancy recently began migrating to QGIS and within
> research and teaching we use QGIS, ArcGIS, GRASS and R.
> >
> > Is it appropriate to use the OSGeo emblem for this? To me it seems a
> good way to promote the overarching nature of the OSGeo project and I can't
> see anything that says I shouldn't use it on the OSGeo logo pages. However
> I want to check this isn't a faux pas!
> >
> > There will be a resources section in the Teams page linking to OSGeo
> projects.
> >
> > Thoughts welcome,
> > Mike
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