The Yocto Project Branding Program provides an opportunity to associate the value of using a trusted project like Yocto Project with a company or product. The Yocto Project Branding Program defines steps to register ORGANIZATIONS as Yocto Project Participants, and CONTENT as Yocto Project Compatible. Yocto Project Participant is appropriate for organizations who use and support the Yocto Project publicly. Yocto Project Compatible is appropriate for products, BSPs, and other OE-compatible layers, and related open-source projects, and is open to Yocto Project member organizations.
The Yocto Project Branding Program defines steps to register for both individual and corporate members. The main difference between these two designations encompasses what is being registered - organizations are Yocto Project Participants, while products and software components are Yocto Project Compatible. For example, a company may register itself as a Yocto Project Participant and then register appropriate products as Yocto Project Compatible. In general, those who wish to participate in the program should complete the form appropriate to the status for which they are applying, either Yocto Project Participant or Yocto Project Compatible as described below:
The Yocto Project Branding Program assets may only be used by application and the express permission of the Yocto Project Advisory Board. Permission Request
Use of the Yocto Project® trademarks, including the Yocto Project logo, must comply with the trademark guidelines of The Linux Foundation, which are available at https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage/. Please also note the project name is “Yocto Project”, not just “Yocto”.
To provide some additional guidance, please note that Operating Systems created with Yocto Project software are not “Yocto Project OSs” as the Yocto Project software is a set of tools and components, not a distribution per se. Instead we would prefer you say “io Open Source OS created with Yocto Project software” or “io, a Yocto Project-software created open source OS”. Please note also that the ® symbol should appear immediately after the first usage of “Yocto Project” on a given webpage or marketing materials.
Additionally, you’ll need to reference the following: “The Linux Foundation® and Yocto Project® are registered trademarks of the Linux Foundation. Linux® is a registered trademark of Linux Torvalds.”
Linux Foundation trademark usage information.