Fwd: how to replace Ubuntu logos & brand-marks in custom distro ???

[William Scott Lockwood III]

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/28/2013 06:23 AM, Navdeep Singh Sidhu wrote:
>>
>> hello friends,
>>
>> I was trying to create an ubuntu based distro in KDE and want to know
>> that is there any way to replace kubuntu & ubuntu logos or brand marks .
>> Like in kde startup menu has kubuntu's logo how can i replace all the
>> similar logos ?
>
>
> Is that ethical?? You are going to take credit for someone else's work by
> merely slapping a re-brand on it? Or, have you done such a massive re-work
> that it negates the original gift-debt from Kubuntu and/or Ubuntu to allow
> you to claim some sort of project ownership ?? Xubuntu can make such a
> claim. So can Kubuntu. I think you would have to submit an original work,
> that provides a separate and distinct difference/features for users to the
> powers that be, at Canonical, to be awarded some sort of official sanction
> to remove logos.

It's completely ethical. GPLv2 and v3. He's not taking credit for
someone else's work, he's making his own distro based on Ubuntu. No
special permission is needed.