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. Manjaro: Manjaro GmbH & Co. KG
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.
[1] with the exception of Debian logo due to its very liberal licensing:
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:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2012-February/011367.html
From: [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> 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
=================
From: [email protected] 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<[email protected]> 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
=====
From: [email protected] Tomas Chvatal
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:18:14 +0100
Subject: Re: Gnome Boxes Logo
Stasiek píše v St 14. 03. 2018 v 12:38 -0400:
> Hi guys,
>
> I just wanted to make sure you are alright with changes I submited to
> Gnome Boxes, considering that logo that was used for openSUSE in
> Boxes was simply invisible:
>
> https://i.imgur.com/kVlivgD.png
>
> You can either comment there or I will just add your email to the
> merge request:
>
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes-logos/merge_requests/1
>
> LCP [Stasiek]
> https://lcp.world
>
Hello,
Thanks a lot for the logo.
I just did one thing to verify the green is the one from the artwork
guidelines (which it is! :)) and I have to say a big thank you for
tweaking it to be visible.
Cheers
Tom
===
Subject: [redhat.com #10108047] Use of "Shadow Man" logo in GNOME Boxes
From: "Pam Chestek via RT" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
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
============
From: [email protected] [email protected]
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
============
Hey Felipe,
This sounds amazing! Yes, we are definitely interested and happy to have you place our logo there. I spoke with some others within Endless and it looks like we may need to find you the right logo assets. We are still in the process of creating logo guidelines and such, so in the meantime, I'll just ask our designers for guidance here. It looks like the logos in GNOME Boxes are circular. Are there dimensions or anything you can give me so I can ask our designers to create an appropriate asset?
Rob McQueen also mentioned that it'd be great if you could get the images you need from our live feed: https://github.com/endlessm/eos-meta/blob/master/eos-tech-support/eos-download-image
Please let me know if there's anything else you need for this. Thank you again so much for including us, we really appreciate it!
Best,
Nuritzi
On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 2:57 AM, Felipe Borges <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi Nuritzi,
>
> I have working this past cycle into getting popular operating systems
> to show up in Boxes in what we call the "download an OS" page[0].
>
> For 3.28 I am including new operating systems such as Endless OS,
> Pop!_OS, PureOS... so users can easily test/try/explore new distros
> from the safety of their virtual machine manager. :)
>
> Besides of offering the option to download Endless OS, I would like to
> show your logo next to it, like we do for other distros such as
> Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, RHEL, Debian.... for that I need an
> authorization from your side[1].
>
> Could you please allow us to use it or put me in contact with someone
> internally at Endless that could discuss this?
>
> Regards,
> Felipe Borges.
>
> [0] https://feborg.es/boxes-downloadable-oses/
> [1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-boxes/raw/master/README.logos
From: Sriram Ramkrishna <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 6:15 PM
Subject: Pop!_OS Logo for GNOME Boxes
To: [email protected]
Cc: Louisa Bisio <[email protected]>
Hey Felipe!
Attached is the Pop!_OS logo svg file for inclusion in GNOME Boxes. We're all very excited that you're including support in GNOME Boxes. We might put something out in social about it. Worth celebrating! Hope that is okay.
Best,
sri
Manjaro GmbH & Co. KG owns the trademarks, both in the word and logo form, relating to the project.
Keeping a balance between the integrity of our trademarks and the ability to represent Manjaro Linux, we granted the community to use our logo on given trademark terms.
Since Gnome Boxes promotes Manjaro as a brand and supports our Linux Distribution, we have no issue with including our logo to your software "Boxes".
For further information don't hesitate to contact us under [email protected]
kind regards
Philip Müller
CEO - Manjaro GmbH & Co. KG