On 2007-08-05 at 00:00:55 [+0200], "Jorge G. Mare (a.k.a. Koki)" <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Michael Lotz wrote: > > Hi FalterCon Organizers > > > > We have received your request for permissions and held a vote with the > > following conclusion: > > > > 1. Using the Haiku logo on promotional material > > > > We see no problem in using the official Haiku name and logo on > > promotional material. But we request that you hand in a copy (document, > > photo, screenshot, ...) of the material so that we can review the exact > > usage. We bind ourselfs to review the material in a time frame of no > > longer than 8 hours to not hinder your effort too much. > > > > Thanks for the reply. :) > > Due to time constraints, we may not able to do what we had in mind. > > But if we do use any of the Haiku artwork, we will then provide a > screenshot for review. > > Who should we (specifically) address the request for review to? Please > advise. We're working on creating email addresses for official requests. Until they are established, I suppose, Michael Lotz is the one to direct them to. > > 2. Making a CD that contains a Haiku VMWare image > > > > Several concerns were stated with regards to handing out CDs > > publically. Our stance is that Haiku is not yet ready for public > > consumption and should not proactivly be distributed. This is reflected > > by the pre-alpha state of the project and should generally be > > respected. > > Therefore we'd like to request that you do not create such a media and > > refrain from distributing CDs. Note that we cannot forbid the creation > > of such an image due to our license. But you would have to follow the > > distro guidelines accordingly and remove all trademarked names and > > logos. As an alternative you could point people to the official Haiku > > website so they can inform themselves and may download an image there. > > > > This contradicts your published guidelines which, by the way, we tried > to follow to the letter. Check it out for yourself: [...] Not sure where you see a contradiction. The text says you have to ask for permission for using Haiku trademarks, which you did, and we denied it for stated reasons. CU, Ingo