[osol-mktg] Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris logo font?

[Stephen Lau]

Hi Sara,

This seems... wrong, somehow.
Even though the logo is generated with a Sun font, can we allow people 
to use the logo freely?  It seems to me that if we keep this policy, 
then it will encourage people to either:

a) Use the logo illicitly and be open to the possibility of Sun sic'ing 
our lawyers on them
b) Use the incorrect, or their own OpenSolaris logo, like Ben did here 
last year:
http://www.cuddletech.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=273

It seems like both cases are undesirable.

cheers,
steve

Sara Dornsife wrote:
> The OpenSolaris logo is generated using a Sun font. Which means that Sun owns the rights to the font as part of our brand. So, no is the most accurate answer. As Patrick pointed out, Sun has trademarked the OpenSolaris name, so there are rules and guidelines associated with it's use. This is similar to other open source communities which own and regulate the use of their trademarks. 
> 
> Do the fan buttons help you in any way? http://www.opensolaris.org/os/about/buttons/ 
> 
> What is it you would like to do? I'll work with you to see what we can do to help you to achieve that within the existing boundaries. 
> Sara
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: patrick finch <Patrick.Finch at Sun.COM>
> Date: Monday, April 10, 2006 3:54 am
> Subject: Re: [osol-mktg] Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris logo font?
> 
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>The OpenSolaris logo is derived from the same graphical style as the
>>current Solaris logo - as such I am not sure if it is a font or a
>>graphic (which happens to have the letters a,e,o,i,l,n,p,r,s).  The
>>OpenSolaris logo is a Sun trademark which may be used by Sun partners
>>(per https://brand.sun.com/), but this isn't especially
>>community-friendly.  I will check to see if the logo is based on a
>>particular font and report back if there is any positive news.
>>
>>In the meantime, I believe that Sara has been looking into how this
>>might be used by the community beyond standard fair use (current terms
>>are here http://www.opensolaris.org/os/trademark/, although it 
>>looks a
>>little out of date to me).
>>
>>Sara, any news to report?
>>
>>
>>
>>regards
>>
>>Patrick
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Stephen Lau wrote:
>>
>>>Moazam Raja wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I'm not sure where else to ask this, so here goes,
>>>>
>>>>What font does the OpenSolaris logo use? Is the font available 
>>
>>under any CDDL style license (i.e., can I use it for my own site?)
>>
>>>>Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>-M
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>Probably best to follow-up on the opensolaris-mktg (marketing) 
>>
>>list, 
>>
>>>which I've cc'd here.  I don't know if the specific logo is up, 
>>
>>but it's 
>>
>>>definitely a part of the CD cover art in the downloadables section.
>>>
>>>I don't know what license it is under though.
>>>
>>>cheers,
>>>steve
>>>
>>
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