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/
npm Trademark Policy
http://www.npmjs.com/policies/trademark
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/
Scratch Trademark Policy
http://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/wiki/Scratch_1.4_Source_Code#Scratch_Trademark_Policy
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