Re: www.centos.org - Contact the CentOS Development Team Form

Hello,

Firstly, allow me to congratulate you all on the release of
5.0!

About a year ago I requested the CentOS team consent to
adding the
CentOS logo to Wikipedia's CentOS article.

Images can be posted and still retain the trademark. For
some examples
of the different types of logos and their license templages,
you can
see the following pages:

ht
tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Glogo-small.png -
Gentoo logo,
copyrighted, used under fair use
ht
tp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ubuntu_Logo.svg -
Ubuntu logo,
copyrighted, used under fair use
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imageebian-lo
go.svg - Debian logo,
copyrighted, used under the "Debian Open Use Logo
License"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Wilber-huge-alpha.png
 - GIMP logo,
used under the GPL license

Essentially, Wikipedia can have logos that are under a
variety of
licenses. If you give your approval, I'll post a copy of the
logo
under the license of your choice.

- Ken Dreyer


On 4/30/06, Karanbir Singh <kbsinghcentos.org> wrote:
> Ken Dreyer wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Logos can be posted to Wikipedia that fall under
either Fair Use
> > (copyrighted), GFDL, Creative Commons, or Public
Domain. I assume that
> > CentOS will allow the use of their logo under the
Copyright/Fair Use
> > provision.
> >
> > There are many images that are posted to Wikipedia
that are copyrighted
> > and used under terms of the Fair Use provision.
Some of the logos have a
> > generic tag that explains that the image is
copyrighted and used under
> > Fair Use. Some examples of these are the Ubuntu
logo (
> > htt
p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UbuntuLogo.svg), the
Slackware logo (
> > http
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Slackware.jpg
> > <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Slackware.jpg>),
the Mandriva logo
> > (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mandriva_logo.png),
the SUSE logo (
> > http
://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:SuSE-logo.png), and the
GIMP logo
> > (http:
//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:GIMPLogo.png).
> >
> > Other images have tags that give specific
rationale for their use. For
> > example, the Debian logo (
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imageebian_Op
en_Logo.png
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imageebian_Op
en_Logo.png>) contains a
> > specific statement that describes the rationale
for Fair Use:
> >
> >     Debian Open Use Logo License
> >
> >     Copyright (c) 1999 Software in the Public
Interest
> >
> >     This logo or a modified version may be used by
anyone to refer to
> >     the Debian project, but does not indicate
endorsement by the project.
> >
> >     Note: we would appreciate that you make the
image a link to
> >     http://www.debian.org/ if
you use it on a web page.
> >
> >
> > CentOS should feel free to include any
stipulations for use of their
> > logo as well.
> >
> >     * A brief explanation of Wikipedia's Fair Use
policy is listed here:
> >       http://en.wikipedia
.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights#Fair_use_materials_and_specia
l_requirements
> >     * For more information on copyrights related
to logos, please see
> >       the Wikipedia policy located at
> >       http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Logos.
> >     * For Wikipedia's general copyright page,
please see
> >       htt
p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights .
> >
> >
> > Thank you very much for your time!
> >
> > - Ken Dreyer
> >
> >
> > On 4/30/06, *Karanbir Singh* < kbsinghcentos.org
> > <mailto:kbsinghcentos.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     Ken Dreyer wrote:
> >     > Ken Dreyer submitted the following
Information:
> >     > Email ktdreyergmail.com
<mailto:ktdreyergmail.com>
> >     > URL http://en.wikiped
ia.org/wiki/CentOS
> >     > Comments
> >     >
> >     > Hello,
> >     > I have read h
ttp://centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=49,
> >     and I would like permission to include a
version of the CentOS icon
> >     on the wikipedia article on CentOS. Thank you
for maintaining such a
> >     fine distribution!
> >     > - Ken Dreyer
> >     > http://mirr
or.centos.org/centos/graphics/ - CentOS logo page
> >     > http://en.wikiped
ia.org/wiki/CentOS
> >     <http://en.wik
ipedia.org/wiki/CentOS> - current wikipedia article
> >     >
> >
> >     does posting the logo on the wikipedia.org
<http://wikipedia.org>

> >     website make it a Creative
> >     Commons licensed image then ? ( we dont want
that to happen )
> >
> >
>
> I am trying to work at this end, on the logo issue -
its not a decision
> for me to make, i am a tech guy. Someone else makes
these sort of
> decisions. Will get back to you with whatever i can dig
up - or get
> someone to get back to you.
>
> - K
>
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