Boxes has acquired explicit permission from trademark owners for the usage and
shipment (though we don't ship them but rather download them on demand) of their
logos[1][3]. Please note that this permission does not extend to any derivate
work but only applies to Boxes for the very specific purpose of identifying the
products in question.
Following are the owners for each logo:
Fedora: Red Hat, Inc.
Ubuntu: Canonical Ltd.
openSUSE: Novell, Inc. [2]
Debian: SPI (Software in the Public Interest).
Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Red Hat, Inc.
The Fedora board/legal required we keep a special note in this file:
Fedora®, the Fedora word design, and the Infinity design logo, either
separately or in combination, are hereinafter referred to as "Fedora
Trademarks" and are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc., registered in the
United States and other countries. The Boxes software contains images
that are or include the Fedora Trademarks. You are granted a a
license to copy and redistribute unmodified image files containing
the Fedora Trademarks only for the purpose of indicating Fedora VM
instances in the Graphical Interface for the Boxes software, as
described to the Fedora Board on 2012-02-21. No other permission is
granted.
All such rights are granted to you provided that the above trademark
legend and this license are included with each copy you make, and
they remain intact and are not altered, deleted, or modified in any
way.
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[1] with the exception of Debian logo due to its very liberal licensing:
http://www.debian.org/logos/
and GNOME logo due to the fact that Boxes is part of it and use of a project's
logo by project itself should not raise any legal concerns. For use of GNOME
logo in other projects, please refer to:
http://www.gnome.org/logo-and-trademarks/
[2] For use in other projects, please read:
http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Trademark_guidelines
[3] Following are the e-mails I recieved from vendors granting us explicit
permissions to use their logos in Boxes:
Fedora
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http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2012-February/011367.html
openSUSE
========
From: awafaa@opensuse.org Andrew Wafaa
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:16:08 +0200
Subject: Re: Permission to use openSUSE Logo for gnome-boxes
Hi Manu,
On 21 February 2012 17:48, Manu Gupta wrote:
> Hi,
> As you may or may not know, we have been working on a new GNOME
> application, Boxes[1] that (among other things) enables users to easily
> manage virtual-machines. This also includes ability to detect
> operating-systems given an installation media and presenting an
> intuitive and *impressive* UI to user to easily install different
> operating systems with minimum or no interaction. Boxes makes use of a
> new library, libosinfo[2] that provides information about operating
> systems (which it internally keeps in an XML database).
>
> We really want (more like need) to show logos of different operating
> systems to the user[3]. Can we please get the permission to use openSUSE logo in
> this manner and distribute it along with Boxes or libosinfo?
>
> [1] http://live.gnome.org/Boxes
> [2] https://fedorahosted.org/libosinfo/
> [3] http://static.fi/~zeenix/tmp/boxes-small-iso-icons+logos.png
>
>
> --
> Regards
> Manu Gupta
>
openSUSE would like to have our logo show up as one of the installable
OSes within Boxes. Please ensure that you follow the Trademark
Guidlines[0]. If you would like to modify the logo to work better with
the application, please submit your proposal of a modified logo for
approval. This is *ONLY* for openSUSE and _NOT_ for SUSE Enterprise
Linux.
Many thanks and regards,
Andy
0= http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Trademark_guidelines
--
Andrew Wafaa
IRC: FunkyPenguin
GPG: 0x3A36312F
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From: mrdocs@opensuse.org Peter Linnell
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:23:31 +0200
Subject: Re: Permission to use openSUSE Logo for gnome-boxes
On 02/22/2012 02:16 AM, Andrew Wafaa wrote:
> Hi Manu,
>
> On 21 February 2012 17:48, Manu Gupta wrote:
>> Hi,
>> As you may or may not know, we have been working on a new GNOME
>> application, Boxes[1] that (among other things) enables users to easily
>> manage virtual-machines. This also includes ability to detect
>> operating-systems given an installation media and presenting an
>> intuitive and *impressive* UI to user to easily install different
>> operating systems with minimum or no interaction. Boxes makes use of a
>> new library, libosinfo[2] that provides information about operating
>> systems (which it internally keeps in an XML database).
>>
>> We really want (more like need) to show logos of different operating
>> systems to the user[3]. Can we please get the permission to use openSUSE logo in
>> this manner and distribute it along with Boxes or libosinfo?
>>
>> [1] http://live.gnome.org/Boxes
>> [2] https://fedorahosted.org/libosinfo/
>> [3] http://static.fi/~zeenix/tmp/boxes-small-iso-icons+logos.png
>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Manu Gupta
>>
>
> openSUSE would like to have our logo show up as one of the installable
> OSes within Boxes. Please ensure that you follow the Trademark
> Guidlines[0]. If you would like to modify the logo to work better with
> the application, please submit your proposal of a modified logo for
> approval. This is *ONLY* for openSUSE and _NOT_ for SUSE Enterprise
> Linux.
>
> Many thanks and regards,
>
> Andy
>
> 0= http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Trademark_guidelines
>
Hi Manu,
I am with Andy. Good luck.
Cheers,
Peter
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux
========================
Subject: [redhat.com #10108047] Use of "Shadow Man" logo in GNOME Boxes
From: "Pam Chestek via RT"
To: zeenix@redhat.com
Zeeshan,
The use of the Shadowman logo without the Red Hat word mark included is
approved for use in the manner shown in the screenshot you provided,
i.e., as a graphical representation of an operating system choice
available when using the "Boxes" software. This permission is granted
for the Boxes project and also any Red Hat incorporation of the Boxes
software into its commercial product.
The use is approved conditioned on (1) also including the product name
of the operating system, e.g., "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6" and (2) that
an image file is not provided as part of the Boxes software but rather
the logo is downloaded at runtime is is available only for a user that
already has a Red Hat operating system available to him or her.
Paula Weigel can help you with a copy of the logo.
Pam
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Ubuntu
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From: michelle@canonical.com michelle@canonical.com
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:46:02 +0200
Subject: Your application to Ubuntu to Trademarks
Hi Zeeshan,
Thank you for contacting us and for your interest in and support of Ubuntu.
============
We have been working on a new GNOME
application, Boxes[1] that (among other things) enables users to easily
manage virtuat-machines. This also includes ability to detect
operating-systems given an installation media and presenting an
intuitive and impressive UI to user to easily install different
operating systems with minimum or no interaction. Boxes makes use of a
new library, libosinfo[2] that provides information about operating
systems (which it internally keeps in an XML database).
Can we get explicit permission to use the Ubuntu logo (as shown in the screen[3]) and distribut it as part of libosinfo or Boxes itself?
[1] https://live.gnome.org/Boxes
[2] https://fedorahosted.org/libosinfo/
[3] http://static.fi/~zeenix/tmp/boxes-small-iso-icons+logos.png
============
Canonical is the official sponsor of the Ubuntu project and owns the trademarks, both in the word and logo form, relating to the project.
To keep the balance between the integrity of our trademarks and the ability to customise Ubuntu, we’ve tried to define a reasonable trademark policy that allows our Community to use Ubuntu and to promote the project. You can read the full policy at http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy.
As your intent is to promote the Ubuntu brand and show your support of the software, we have no issue with you producing the product as you have requested.
You can find our brand guidelines and downloadable images at http://design.ubuntu.com/.
Thanks again for your support.
Kind regards,
Michelle,
Trademarks Team
Michelle Surtees-Myers
Ubuntu - Linux for Human Beings
============
From: Jim Hall
Date: Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 2:14 PM
Subject: Permission to use FreeDOS logo in gnome-boxes
Hi Felipe
Yes, I am happy for GNOME to include FreeDOS in GNOME Boxes. I am the
founder and Project Coordinator of the FreeDOS Project. I am also a
GNOME Foundation member, and have previously served on the GNOME Board
of Directors. :-)
I prefer that you use this logo:
http://www.freedos.org/images/logos/fdfish-color-text.svg
If text is not preferred, you may use this logo instead:
http://www.freedos.org/images/logos/fdfish-color-plain.svg
If you need a "landing page" URL to refer to these images, please use:
http://www.freedos.org/images/
These official images and logos belong to the FreeDOS Project, but may
be re-used under the Creative Commons, Attribution: you are free to
copy, distribute, display, and perform the work; to make derivative
works; to make commercial use of the work. You must attribute (such as
in documentation) the work to the FreeDOS Project.
I provided the images in SVG format, but obviously you can convert
them ("make derivative works") to PNG or whatever icon image format
you need, at whatever size.
Also:
I see that you included both FD12CD.iso and FD12LGCY.iso. Note that
these are the same version, but they use slightly different boot
methods. Most computers will use FD12CD.iso. Older computers may need
the boot method used in FD12LGCY.iso.
I run FreeDOS under QEMU and GNOME Boxes, and FD12CD.iso works fine.
Here are two install videos that show this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o09FLGmbdp4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=On5eZdDGsCo
If you need anything else from me, please let me know.
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