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* Tony Arnold:
> Chris,
>
> Chris Rowson wrote:
>>> Organisations have to be very protective about
their trademarks. If they
>>> are allowed to be used freely as is or
modified, then they can lose
>>> their trademark status through general usage.
The Kleenex company in the
>>> US had this problem many years ago. I think
there was a big court case
>>> about it.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Tony.
>> That's fair enough Tony.
>>
>> I was really commenting about Matt saying:
>>
>>> Canonical is beginning to understand that
customising the logo is in fact
>>> a bad idea and causes the initial logo to lose
its power.
>> I didn't mean using it without their permission so
they loose
>> trademark status because of general usage. I was
commenting on the
>> turnaround from granting derivative works to
disallowing them if you
>> see what I mean....
>
> OK. I think Matt has clarified this in a later posting.
It's certainly a
> bit of a turn around. Maybe they got lawyers
involved!
Not really a turnaround. The trademark policy is quite clear
on
modifying the logo.
http://
www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy
Those have been the same since at least 2005, probably
longer.
Matt
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