[yocto-ab] YP & OE logos on snapcraft.io

[Khem Raj]

My comment was to add it to layerindex so other OE users could find it. I had
not reviewed it for content or compliance.

On 9/14/16 9:35 AM, Erway, Tracey M wrote:
> I would think inviting them join the Participant program is the best approach?
> Khem is the one who wrote the note below to them.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Osier-mixon, Jeffrey 
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 9:28 AM
> To: Hudson, Sean; Philip Balister; Erway, Tracey M; William Mills
> Cc: yocto-ab at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: RE: [yocto-ab] YP & OE logos on snapcraft.io
> 
> I don't remember seeing any requests to use the YP logo. However, I very, very rarely get such requests. If I discover a use in the wild, I generally only follow up if the usage is against our guidelines. It is noteworthy, though, that we decided early on not to register the YP logo trademark; we don't even use the TM although technically we could. 
> 
> Is the OE logo a registered trademark? If so there is legal recourse to misuse, otherwise it's a request rather than a demand. I'm pretty sure it is not registered.
> 
> Jeffrey "Jefro" Osier-Mixon, Intel Corporation Open Source Community Engineer & Advocate Yocto Project Community Manager
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yocto-ab-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto-ab-bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Hudson, Sean
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 8:01 AM
> To: Philip Balister <philip at balister.org>; Erway, Tracey M <tracey.m.erway at intel.com>; William Mills <wmills at ti.com>
> Cc: yocto-ab at yoctoproject.org
> Subject: Re: [yocto-ab] YP & OE logos on snapcraft.io
> 
> FWIW, I am unaware of either Simon Fels or anyone at snapcraft.io contacting the OpenEmbedded project for permission to use that logo.  I assume that is the same for the Yocto Project.
> 
> --
> Sean
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: yocto-ab-bounces at yoctoproject.org [mailto:yocto-ab- 
>> bounces at yoctoproject.org] On Behalf Of Philip Balister
>> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2016 10:28 AM
>> To: Erway, Tracey M <tracey.m.erway at intel.com>; William Mills 
>> <wmills at ti.com>
>> Cc: yocto-ab at yoctoproject.org
>> Subject: Re: [yocto-ab] YP & OE logos on snapcraft.io
>>
>> Khem, Koen, Martin, Tom, and some others are my linkedin friends who 
>> are linked to him.
>>
>> Philip
>>
>>
>> On 09/10/2016 11:16 AM, Erway, Tracey M wrote:
>>> Does Khem know him?
>>>
>>>> On Sep 10, 2016, at 6:51 AM, William Mills <wmills at ti.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> BTW: do we know who Simon Fels is?
>>>>
>>>> https://github.com/morphis/meta-snappy
>>>> https://www.mail-archive.com/openembedded-
>> core at lists.openembedded.org/msg84037.html
>>>>
>>>>> On 09/10/2016 09:01 AM, William Mills wrote:
>>>>> All,
>>>>>
>>>>> The Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded logos appear on the front page
>> of
>>>>> snapcraft.io (the home of snap package technology).
>>>>> http://snapcraft.io/
>>>>>
>>>>> Was this a conscience decision by each project or the work of 
>>>>> individual contributors.
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't see this as a bad thing but they do look like project to 
>>>>> project endorsements.  Are they?
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill
>>>>>
>>>>> ----------------
>>>>> William A. Mills
>>>>> Chief Technologist, Open Solutions, SDO Texas Instruments, Inc.
>>>>> 20450 Century Blvd
>>>>> Germantown MD 20878
>>>>> 240-643-0836
>>>>
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