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<title>GNOME Foundation trademark usage guidelines for third parties</title>
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<h1 align='center'>GNOME Foundation</h1>
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<h1 align='center'>Trademark Usage Guidelines for Third Parties</h1>
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<p>
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GNOME Foundation (“GNOME”) brands, trademarks, styles, logos and slogans (together,
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“GNOME Trademarks”) are among GNOME‘s most valuable assets. Proper use of GNOME
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trademarks by following these trademark usage guidelines protects the value of GNOME
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Trademarks. Following are the guidelines for the proper use of GNOME Trademarks by publishers
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and other third parties. Any use of or reference to GNOME Trademarks that is inconsistent with
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these guidelines, or other unauthorized use of or reference to GNOME Trademarks or marks that are
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confusingly similar to GNOME trademarks, is prohibited and may violate GNOME‘s trademark
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rights.
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</p>
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<p>
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Any questions with respect to these guidelines should be referred the
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GNOME Foundation at <a
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href="mailto:licensing@gnome.org">licensing@gnome.org.</a>
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</p>
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<ol type='1'>
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<li>
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<u>Fair Use of GNOME trademarks</u>
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<p>
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You may make fair use of GNOME word marks to make true factual statements
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GNOME, or to truthfully communicate that your product or service is compatible with,
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designed for use with, or was designed using, GNOME. Assertions of compatibility, design,
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must, of course, be accurate. You cannot use GNOME logos or stylizations of GNOME word
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or other GNOME Trademarks unless you have explicit written permission to do so. You
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should not in any way state or imply that GNOME produces, endorses, or supports your company,
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products, or services unless you have explicit written permission to do so.
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</p>
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<p>
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When making fair use of a GNOME Trademark, you should acknowledge that the GNOME Foundation owns the trademark. The following language is appropriate: “[Insert marks used] are registered
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trademarks or trademarks of GNOME Foundation in the United States or other countries.”
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</p>
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</li>
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<li><u> Proper Use of GNOME Trademarks, Generally</u>
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<ul>
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<li><u>Use a GNOME Trademark as an Adjective Followed by the Generic Name/Noun.
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A trademark is neither a noun nor a verb.</u>
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<blockquote>
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Correct: GNOME development tools help ...<br/>
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<i>Incorrect:</i> GNOME your product ...
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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<li><u> Do Not Use a GNOME Trademark in the Plural or Possessive Form, and Never
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Hyphenate or abbreviate.</u>
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<p>
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An exception to this can be when GNOME is used to refer to the Foundation‘s name.
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</p>
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<blockquote>
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Correct: Unique capability of the GNOME™ development tools ...<br/>
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<i>Incorrect</i>: GNOME‘s unique properties ...<br/>
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Correct: GNOME‘s technical conferences are held ...
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</blockquote>
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</li>
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<li><u>Do Not Use Trademarks That Do Not Appear on the List of GNOME Trademarks (which
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be found at www.gnome.org), or Forms of GNOME Trademarks that Vary From the List.</u>
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<p>
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Even a seemingly innocuous deviation may create a new and different trademark. Do not
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shorten, abbreviate or create acronyms out of GNOME Trademarks. A trademark that is depicted as
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or more words should never be compressed into one word or vise versa. Check the list of
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GNOME Trademarks at www.gnome.org to verify exactly how the marks should appear.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li><u>Use Proper Notice of Trademark.</u>
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<p>
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Identify GNOME Trademarks appropriately as a registered trademark (using the circled-R
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symbol — ®), or as an unregistered trademark (using the “TM” symbol — ™) or an
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unregistered service mark (using the “SM” symbol — ℠). Check the list of GNOME
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Trademarks found at <a href="http://foundation.gnome.org/licensing/">http://foundation.gnome.org/licensing/</a> to verify the correct symbol to use for each name.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li><u>Distinguish GNOME Trademarks From Surrounding Words.</u>
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<p>
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Capitalize the first letter or capitalize the entire trademark, underline, italicize, place the mark in quotes, or use a different font for the mark.
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The word GNOME should always be written in all caps.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li><u>Use of Trademarks in Titles.<u>
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<p>
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You may reference GNOME on the cover and title of a publication provided you comply
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with the guidelines herein and the following specifications:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li> Your name and/or logo should appear more prominently than the GNOME mark
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on all printed materials related to the publication.</li>
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<li> You should include a disclaimer of sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement by
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GNOME on the publication and on all related printed materials:
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Correct: “(Title) is an independent (publication) and is not affiliated with,
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authorized by, sponsored by, or otherwise approved by GNOME Foundation.”</li>
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<li> You may use a GNOME Trademark as the leading word in the title of a single
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book but only if you have written permission to do so from GNOME.</li>
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<li> You may not use a GNOME Trademark or any other words or logo(s) in a manner
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that suggests GNOME affiliation, sponsorship or certification of the publication.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><u>Prohibited Use</u>:
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<ul>
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<li> Do not make reference to GNOME or GNOME Trademarks in a manner that is false or
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misleading.</li>
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<li> Do not combine or use a GNOME Trademark with your company's product or service
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name or any other term unless you have written permission to do so. Use of GNOME
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Trademarks in that sort of way would NOT be a fair use.</li>
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<li> Do not use GNOME logos unless you have explicit written permission to do so. Also, do
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not incorporate a GNOME Trademark into your company's logos or designs.</li>
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<li> Do not use GNOME Trademarks as your domain names or as parts of your domain names.</li>
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<li> Do not use GNOME Trademarks as meta tags for your web pages.</li>
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<li> Do not use GNOME Trademarks in a manner that would disparage GNOME, its
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subsidiaries, its products, or services (e.g., untruthful advertising, false/misleading
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promotional materials, etc.).</li>
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<li> Do not use GNOME Trademarks more prominently than your company, product or
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service name.</li>
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<li> Do not create your own logos to represent GNOME products or services.</li>
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<li> Do not use a GNOME logo on the cover of a book or magazine without a license.</li>
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<li> Do not use a GNOME logo on posters, brochures, signs, their websites, or other materials
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to promote a book about GNOME software, products or services.</li>
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<li> Do not alter a GNOME word mark or logo in any way.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><u>Revision of Guidelines</u>
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<p>
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When these trademark guidelines are revised, the updated version will be posted at
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<a href="http://foundation.gnome.org/licensing/">http://foundation.gnome.org/licensing/</a>.
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<li><u>Permission</u>
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<p>
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To obtain permission for proposed use of the GNOME trademarks, contact:
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the GNOME Foundation at <a href="mailto:licensing@gnome.org">licensing@gnome.org.</a>
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</p>
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</li>
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</ol>
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</body>
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