Using the TWiki Trademark

TWiki® is a registered trademark of TWiki founder Peter Thoeny, TWIKI.NET. The TWiki logo and the "Collaborate with TWiki" tagline are trademarks of Peter Thoeny. The TWiki logo is Copyright 2005 by PeterThoeny, ArthurClemens and TWikiContributors.

Note: This topic is for the discussion of the TWiki Trademark. The trademark holder and the community is currently working out a set of rules that describe how the trademark may be used, what licenses exist for it's use, and what attribution is required.

The goal is to create a legally binding policy or license, hopefully in as lightweight a fashion as possible (e.g., no signatures etc.), that:

1. allows active community members to freely use the TWiki brand for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
2. the license will be perpetual, without royalty, not subject to revocation, etc.
3. fair attribution is required when the TWiki brand is used. Specifically, "TWiki® is a registered trademark of TWiki founder Peter Thoeny, TWIKI.NET." The company name needs to link to http://www.twiki.net in online media.

History of trademark attribution on TWiki.org

A closer look on how trademark attribution was handled on TWiki.org (see TWiki, TWikiSite, TWikiLogos) in the past shows the following:

• initial attribution:
  "TWiki™ is a trademark of Peter Thoeny"
• 23 Nov 2005 (SVN 7607):
  "TWiki™, the TWiki logo and the "Collaborate with TWiki" tagline are trademarks of Peter Thoeny"
• 08 Jul 2008 (SVN 16989):
  "TWiki^® is a registered trademarks of TWiki founder Peter Thoeny, TWIKI.NET. The TWiki logo and the "Collaborate with TWiki" tagline are trademarks of Peter Thoeny."

-- Contributors: PeterThoeny - 2008-09-08

Discussion

Old discussions archived in rev 39 of this topic.

-- PeterThoeny - 2011-11-27