[Fedora-ambassadors-list] Online Shopping With Fedora Stuff

[Greg DeKoenigsberg]

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005, [ISO-8859-1] Bjørn Andersen wrote:

> I understand that. And agree that the Red Hat logo is for Red Hat
> only. They diserv to make money out of it (i have 2), but as long as
> the Fedora brand is not mis-used, I cant see how it can hurt the
> Fedora project. And I cant see why Fedora project need to make money
> out of somebudy that are making free kommersials for Fedora.
> 
> I thnk that some Fedora ambassidors need to contact them, and ask why
> they did not ask for permission. And then (if they arent rude) add
> them to the reseller list.
> 
> Dont push for money. They is will just abandom the T-shirts and sell
> Ubuntu shirts instead.

The important thing here is to protect the trademark.

The *right way* to protect the trademark is a matter of some debate, I 
think.

I'll advise legal -- they need to understand the situation -- but I don't 
think a cease and desist letter is imminent.

--g

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