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:
- allows active community members to freely use the TWiki brand for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
- the license will be perpetual, without royalty, not subject to revocation, etc.
- 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."
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Contributors: PeterThoeny - 2008-09-08
Discussion
Old discussions archived in
rev 39 of this topic.
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PeterThoeny - 2011-11-27