From c0bc2a8e161bf00bab05a7c61a4ea54877385e43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Cotton Date: Mar 31 2021 20:43:08 +0000 Subject: Add restrictions on packaging the Fedora logos. This rule has never been documented as far as we can tell, but it should be. Trademarks are legally different from other content, even when developed in an open way. Signed-off-by: Ben Cotton --- diff --git a/guidelines/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc b/guidelines/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc index 8535daf..dd8a489 100644 --- a/guidelines/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc +++ b/guidelines/modules/ROOT/pages/index.adoc @@ -45,6 +45,17 @@ Documentation covering the proper way to use the Version and Release fields can You should review https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing:Main and the xref:LicensingGuidelines.adoc[Licensing Guidelines] to ensure that your package is licensed appropriately and that the license is properly indicated. +=== Fedora trademarks + +Packagers *MUST NOT* add any Fedora trademark assets including the Fedora logo, Fedora logo icons, or graphics that include the Fedora logo. +Those assets *MUST* be added to the fedora-logos package. +Your packages(s) install the logos by depending on the fedora-logos package. +If the upstream contains Fedora trademark assets that you believe are used inappropriately, email legal@fedoraproject.org + +This is because the Fedora logo is a trademark, which are handled under a different legal framework than code. +It must only be distributed under terms that protect the trademark. +Keeping Fedora trademarks separate in their own package instead of scattered across various other packages is also an essential practice for enabling remixes that necessarily must https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Trademark_guidelines#Secondary_Mark[not use the Fedora trademark], and instead roll their own *-logos package or use the generic-logos package. + == Libraries and Applications Many language- or domain-specific guidelines refer to "libraries",