[ubuntu-art] Legal question

[Gabriel Rodríguez Alberich]

On 7/3/06, Mark Shuttleworth <mark at canonical.com> wrote:
>
>  Gabriel Rodríguez Alberich wrote:
> My question is: can I freely modify and redistribute the Ubuntu Logo
>  as the ubuntu-artwork license says?
>
>  As Corey pointed out, there are two *different* law's that govern this.
>
>  One is copyright law. That is what talks about the art as "art", and
> determines ownership and the right to modify it etc.
>
>  The other is trademark law. This covers this specific work, because it is a
> registered trademark in many (most) jurisdictions.
>
>  In doing stuff with the Ubuntu logo specifically you need to make sure you
> meet the obligations under BOTH sets of law. In the case of copyright law,
> the work is under a Creative Commons licence. In the case of trademark law,
> you need a trademark licence from Canonical. We issue those all the time,
> which is why Corey was suggesting you mail trademarks at ubuntu.com with "your
> name, contact
>
>  details, and a short explanation of your proposed usage of the
>  trademarks."
>
>  Of course, the trademark stuff does not apply to artwork that is not in
> fact trademarked. Only the Ubuntu name and logo (and relevant *buntu
> equivalents) fall into that category.

Aha. Thanks for the detailed explanation. The fuss was about whether
or not I could include it into Wikimedia Commons, which only accepts
free content.