[Fedora-electronic-lab-list] Re: Trademark request: Fedora Electronic Lab

[Paul W. Frields]

On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 11:36:26PM +0100, Chitlesh GOORAH wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> For the fourth consecutive fedora releases, I'm requesting Fedora
> Board the permission to use Fedora trademark and Fedora Logos with
> respect to the work done behind Fedora Electronic Lab.
> 
> == About FEL ==
> 
> Fedora Electronic Lab is Fedora's high-end hardware design, simulation
> and verification platform. It helps users to create chips, pcbs ...
> 
> Website : http://chitlesh.fedorapeople.org/FEL/
> 
> 
> 
> Our work done are summarised on this page
> http://chitlesh.fedorapeople.org/FEL/devel/FEL_devel_timeline.html.
> Even items for F-12 development cycle are  listed.
> 
> In brief, Fedora Electronic Lab's goals sum up to
> * Propose a portfolio for hardware _design_ with opensource tools
> * Propose a portfolio to _simulate_ hardware design with opensource tools
> * Propose a portfolio for hardware design _verification_ with opensource tools
> * Provide methodologies to use opensource EDA tools in an efficient way
> * Promote a community around FEL
> * Bridge 2 communities - opensource software community and opensource
> hardware community
> * help new opensource EDA software developers
> * Help upstream with the marketing of their tools
> * Lead the opensource communities to the current semiconductor industry trend
> * Help lecturers include software under the FEL umbrella in their
> syllabus - we have already since on fedora marketing and fedora
> electronic lab mailing list, that some indian lecturers have already
> done so.
> 
> The last three FEL releases exceeded our expectations - at least mine
> -. We are hoping that with F11 we could put the quality barrier even
> higher and expands our FEL portfolios.
> 
> If you have any doubts or questions please feel free to reply to this email.

Thanks for contacting us Chitlesh -- I've reminded the Spins SIG to
give us word on their approval by tomorrow's Board meeting at 1900
UTC, so the Board can take an approval vote at its meeting.

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