Ubuntu Trademarks - Zimbabwe Logo

[Neil Coetzer]

Ya we'll have to look at other options and see what we can do. FYI, you
also can't change the colours of the official logos. They are very
touchy about that. It is a serious bummer though. I was very
disappointed about that, although I suppose I can understand where
they're coming from.

So while we can change the background or put something in the middle of
the circle or whatever, we can't actually change their logo at all. Not
even colours.

On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 08:29 +0200, Kalpesh Thaker wrote:

> AHHH NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
> Agh, Ray Swart was hecticly onto something there...and now they've
> pretty much killed it.
> 
> Guys, If you take a look at the aussie loco team... their logo is the
> continent of aus,
> in ubuntu colours... however, it doesnt have the "ubuntu people heads
> on it".
> So it doesnt actually infringe the copyrightred ubuntu logo....
> perhaps if ray has some time, he can remove the heads... but leave the
> zim
> map in ubuntu colours? just a thought.... and then use the standard
> ubuntu logo
> with some zim colours in it..or something?? 
> 
> This is seriously a downer.... :(
> 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AustralianTeam
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Neil Coetzer
> <ncoetzer at halsteds.co.zw> wrote:
> 
>         Or perhaps instead of a flag or map, we could do a modified
>         picture of Great Zimbabwe in the logo or something? Must
>         admit, I'm rather disappointed, but we don't have much option.
>         
>         
>         
>         
>         On Sat, 2008-05-10 at 16:57 +0200, ronald munjoma wrote:
>         
>         > 
>         > 
>         > 2008/5/10 Neil Coetzer <ncoetzer at halsteds.co.zw>:
>         > 
>         >         Hi guys,
>         >         
>         >         Have received the following reply from Canonical:
>         >         
>         >         
>         >         ____________________________________________________
>         >         
>         >         
>         >         Hi Neil,
>         >         
>         >         Thank you for contacting us.
>         >         
>         >         In terms of our trademark policy, we have no issues
>         >         with loco teams using our trademarks to support
>         >         their teams. However, we do not permit any changes
>         >         to the actual logo, so unfortunately we cannot allow
>         >         you to use the logo you have requested.
>         >         
>         >         What you could do is put a map of Zimbabwe in the
>         >         middle of the circle of friends or something along
>         >         those lines. 
>         > 
>         > 
>         > Have a look at the SA one attached, not a bad idea, but or
>         > Zim logo was the best, I wish we could still use it. 
>         > 
>         > 
>         >         
>         >         
>         >         I hope you understand and appreciate our position.
>         >         
>         >         Kind regards,
>         >         
>         >         Michelle
>         >         
>         >         ____________________________________________________
>         >         
>         >         
>         >         
>         >         So we can go ahead and use the standard Ubuntu logo
>         >         on our regalia, but we are not allowed to use the
>         >         Zimbabwe logo unless we come up with a totally
>         >         different one that does not alter the official logo
>         >         in any way.
>         >         
>         >         Sorry guys :(
>         >         
>         >         Regards,
>         >         Neil 
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