[haiku] Haiku compatible logo at Haikuware
- From: "Jorge G. Mare" <koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Haiku mailing list <haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:37:37 -0800
Howdy,
Just reading this comment on trac...
http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/5355#comment:1
...I became aware of the use of a "Haiku Compatible" logo in numerous
entries in HaikuWare.com (apparently, mostly drivers). Here are a few
entries (there are many many more):
http://www.haikuware.com/directory/view-details/drivers/audio/audigy-soundcard-driver
http://www.haikuware.com/directory/view-details/drivers/file-system/3do-cd-rom-filesystem
http://www.haikuware.com/directory/view-details/drivers/audio/auvia-driver-for-via-vt82xx-haiku-cvs-build
http://www.haikuware.com/directory/view-details/drivers/audio/ad1816-driver
http://www.haikuware.com/directory/view-details/drivers/audio/cmi8330-isa-driver
I think this use of the Haiku logo
(http://haikuware.com/images/stories/beoslogo.png) goes beyond fair use
and is detrimental for Haiku in several ways.
First, it is misleading, as it is widely used for drivers that are BeOS
or ZETA only and/or obsolete, with the potential to cause users problems
that would not occur otherwise. These problems permeating to bug
reporting (as seen in the above-linked Trac entry) is also a nuisance
for the developers.
The logo also gives the impression that the software has been somehow
certified or tested to work with Haiku, when that's not the case. Even
under the current trademark policy...
http://www.haiku-os.org/about/trademark_policy
...this use by Haikuware clearly falls under the unacceptable use as
"Official endorsements, expressed or implied, of third party products,
services, or organizations *without* prior consent of Haiku, Inc."
Last bu not least, this derivative of the "Haiku Compatible" logo where
the shape has been changed and the logo then combined with somebody
else's trademark is (to say the least) very problematic from a branding POV.
Any thoughts?
--
Jorge/aka Koki
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