Difference between revisions of "OSS Trademark Policies"

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Many of the established open source groups and foundations have trademark policy pages. This is a partial listing; if you know of other trademark policy pages please add them.

Apache OpenOffice logo use guidelines

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Logo_Usage_Guidelines

Apache Software Foundation official trademark policy

http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/

ArchLinux Trademark Policy

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/DeveloperWiki:TrademarkPolicy

CAcert domain name policy

http://wiki.cacert.org/Domains

Chandler Project trademark use guidelines

http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/TrademarkUseGuidelines

Debian trademarks

http://www.debian.org/trademark

The Document Foundation (LibreOffice) trademark policy

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TradeMark_Policy

Eclipse Foundation for "Eclipse" and project names

http://www.eclipse.org/legal/logo_guidelines.php

Fedora Project trademark guidelines (very detailed)

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/TrademarkGuidelines

FreeBSD Foundation Trademark Usage Terms and Conditions

http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/documents/Guidelines.shtml

Gentoo Name and Logo Usage Guidelines

http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/name-logo.xml

Gnome Foundation Legal and Trademarks

http://www.gnome.org/foundation/legal-and-trademarks/

KDE branding, events and other standards

http://community.kde.org/Promo

Linux Foundation, Linux Trademark Institute

http://linuxmark.org/

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/about/linux-foundation-trademark-usage-guidelines

Linux 2.0 Penguins

http://www.isc.tamu.edu/~lewing/linux/

Magento License/Trademark FAQ

http://www.magentocommerce.com/license/

Mandriva Guidelines

http://wiki.mandriva.com/fr/uploads/9/9b/Charte_graphique_officielle.pdf

Mozilla Foundation trademark policy (nicely detailed)

http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/trademarks/

OpenJDK Trademark Notice

http://openjdk.java.net/legal/openjdk-trademark-notice.html

Open Source Initiative trademark and logo guidelines

http://www.opensource.org/trademark

OpenSourceMatters Joomla Trademark Policy

http://opensourcematters.org/index.php?Itemid=158

OpenSourceMatters Joomla Name and Logo Use

http://opensourcematters.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86

OpenStack Trademark Policy

http://www.openstack.org/brand/openstack-trademark-policy/

OpenSUSE Trademark Guidelines

en.opensuse.org/images/5/51/OpenSUSE_Trademark_Guidelines.pdf

Perl Foundation (for Perl language)

http://www.perlfoundation.org/perl_trademark

PHP logo licensing and logo downloads

http://www.php.net/download-logos.php

Python Software Foundation trademark policy

http://www.python.org/psf/trademarks/

Slackware Trademark Policy

http://www.slackware.com/trademark/trademark.php

Subversion; since superseded by ASF when it became Apache Subversion

http://subversion.org/legal/trademark-policy.html (returning 404?)

Sugar Labs trademark policy (controlled by SFC on behalf of Sugar Labs)

http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Trademark

WordPress Foundation Trademark Policy

http://wordpressfoundation.org/trademark-policy/

Ubuntu Trademark and Copyright Policy

http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy