Gentoo Name and Logo Usage Guidelines
1. Preliminaries
This document describes proper use of the Gentoo name, the "g" logo and any
other associated marks for software and computer-related efforts that are not
under the direction of the Gentoo Foundation, Inc. If you
have any questions about these guidelines, please contact Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
Gentoo Foundation, Inc. reserve the right to change these terms from time to
time at their sole discretion. For that reason, we encourage you to review this
statement periodically.
2. Definitions
The Gentoo project
The volunteer development efforts currently directed by Gentoo Foundation, Inc.,
a not-for-profit corporation.
Content produced by the Gentoo project
Any content that is copyright Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
The "g" logo
Gentoo artwork
All artwork produced by the Gentoo project (see above definition).
Gentoo community site
A non-profit website whose primary objective is to provide any Gentoo
user with additional information on Gentoo and Gentoo-related topics.
3. Ownership of marks
The name "Gentoo" and the "g" logo are currently trademarks of Gentoo
Foundation, Inc.
4. Use of Gentoo name
You are permitted to use the Gentoo name in computer-related content, provided
that:
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You acknowledge that the name "Gentoo" is a trademark of Gentoo
Foundation, Inc., and
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you do not entitle any software project or computer-related product "Gentoo"
or have "Gentoo" appear within its name, and
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the fully-qualified domain name for your software project or
computer-related products does not contain "Gentoo", and
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you clearly state that the content, project, site, product or any other
type of item with which the "Gentoo" name is associated is not part of the
Gentoo project and is not directed or managed by Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
We do not consider these restrictions to apply to the Gentoo file manager project,
developed by Emil Bink, as it is not an operating system project.
5. Use of Gentoo Logo and artwork
You are permitted to use the Gentoo "g" logo and artwork copyright Gentoo
Foundation, Inc. (hereafter called "Gentoo
artwork") under the following conditions:
Commercial Use
Commercial use of the Gentoo "g" logo and Gentoo artwork is allowed for any
software or computer hardware product that contains or is based
upon content produced by the Gentoo project, or any project or service
referencing Gentoo or the Gentoo Project, provided that the following
conditions are met:
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You acknowledge that the "g" logo is a trademark of Gentoo Foundation,
Inc. and that any Gentoo artwork is copyright Gentoo Foundation, Inc., and
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the artwork used is not the primary (largest) mark displayed on the
product, and is thus intended to convey that the product contains "content
produced by the Gentoo project", but is not itself a product being sold
or supported by Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
Commercial use of the Gentoo "g" logo and Gentoo artwork for any other
purpose is expressly denied.
Non-Commercial Use
Non-commercial use of the "g" logo and Gentoo artwork is permitted provided that
the following conditions are met:
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You acknowledge that the "g" logo is a trademark of Gentoo Foundation,
Inc., and that any Gentoo artwork is copyright Gentoo Foundation, Inc, and,
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the "g" logo and Gentoo artwork are used in content that pertain to "the
Gentoo project", as directed by the Gentoo Foundation, Inc., and not any
effort outside or beyond the authority of the Gentoo Foundation, Inc., and
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you clearly state that the content, project, site, product or any other
type of item with which the "g" logo or Gentoo artwork is associated is
not part of the Gentoo project and is not directed or managed by Gentoo
Foundation, Inc.
6. Gentoo Community Projects
Gentoo Foundation, Inc. grant Gentoo community sites, as
defined above, the right to use the Gentoo name in their project name and
fully qualified domain name provided that:
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the website clearly states, on each page, that the project is no official
Gentoo project by labelling itself as a "news site", "fan site", "unofficial
site" or "community site", and
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the website does not closely mimic the name or layout of one of our
official websites, and
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you acknowledge that the name "Gentoo" is a trademark of Gentoo
Foundation, Inc.
Any other use of the Gentoo name, logo and artwork remains bound by the
beforementioned guidelines.
The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons -
Attribution / Share Alike license.
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