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[Benjamin Kerensa <bkerensa@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not trying to get them made by the community and as it stands they
are core apps which is already a community effort. I'm simply trying
to highlight that there are branding issues with third party services
that need to be addressed.

And I totally agree that there is almost no chance that these services
are going to allow that level of API requests.... Twitter on its own
is very notorious for rate limiting API and also suining people who
use their logo or even the word "Tweet" or "Twitter" (See
http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/11/twitter-fences-tweet-trademark-again/
)

Since Canonical decided these will be core apps they should make the
effort to get a appropriate license to use the Trademarks and any
copyright protected text and images.
(http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2010/08/12/trademark-copyright-and-logos/)

As it stands right now these core apps use the Debian Package format
and have license files that license the entirety of the content under
the GPLv3 including these brands logos... Which I believe is not
allowed by Debian Policy.

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:32 AM, Ryan Walmsley <ryanteck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I know that you are trying to get these apps to be made by the community but
> due to the trademark rules I don't think they will let you to do this.
>
> An example would be the windows 8 application for twitter someone developed
> (Note I HATE Win8) Twitter denied access for extra API tokens from where it
> was not an official app.
>
>
> On 19 March 2013 09:13, Benjamin Kerensa <bkerensa@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> So I got a response from Canonical Ltd Senior Counsel (Katherine
>> Ollerhead) and had provided her the link to this mailing list and here
>> is what she said:
>>
>> Hi Benjamin
>>
>> Facebook, Twittter and YouTube all have strict rules about how you can
>> use their name and branding.
>>
>> I would suggest that you review the brand guidelines for these
>> companies. (They are all freely available on their websites.)
>>
>> You will discover that some use is permitted without consent, while
>> other use will be denied or require explicit consent. As you note, you
>> need to avoid implying any endorsement or partnership.
>>
>> Please let me know if you need help identifying the correct guidelines.
>>
>>
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>
> Ryan Walmsley



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