[OSM-legal-talk] [OSM-talk] License for OSM logo

[Richard Weait]

On Tue, 2009-07-07 at 03:01 -0400, Russ Nelson wrote:
> On Jul 7, 2009, at 2:53 AM, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote:
> 
> > The logo is also now trademarked. I'll raise this (and have also  
> > copied to
> > Matt) as currently we don't have a policy on reuse of the logo.

You'll need permission from Steve Coast first, as he is still listed as
the Proprietor by the Intellectual Property Office.  

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os/t-find/t-find-number?detailsrequested=C&trademark=2500155

A Canadian trade mark lawyer was surprised that the transfer from Steve
Coast to the OpenStreetMap Foundation would take more than "a week or
two".  Has this transfer slipped due to oversight, incompetence,
redefined goals or some sinister Satanic Portal[1]

> We (Open Source Initiative) have struggled with this for years.  Not  
> straightforward.  Python Software Foundation has a good policy for  
> reuse of their snake logo.

The Fedora Project has Trademark Guidelines.  The Foundation might use
this as a starting point once the Foundation owns a trade mark.  

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/TrademarkGuidelines#Proper_Trademark_Use

[1] Satanic Portal might also be a trade mark owned by Steve Coast but I
don't see it listed. http://www.ipo.gov.uk/search.htm?words=satanic
+portal