Our open-source project (CocoaPods) has a logo drawn by a commissioned designer (@maxsteenbergen). Basically, we want Max Steenbergen to retain his copyright over the logo, but give us (CocoaPods) an exclusive license to do what we want, as described below.
We want our users to:
- BE ABLE to use the logo AS-IS for CocoaPods promotional purposes. Some examples are:
- In a blog post about (amongst others) CocoaPods.
- On the website of a commercial continuous-integration platform, to indicate they support CocoaPods projects.
- Sell (i.e. commercial) stickers/t-shirts/mugs etc with the logo on it.
- NOT BE ABLE to use the logo for commercial or non-commercial purposes outside the context of CocoaPods. Some examples are:
- In a blog post about the physical fruit.
- On a website of a commercial build-tool platform, that uses the logo just for its recognizability (i.e. piggy-back on CocoaPods’ fame).
I have been looking at the Creative Commons licenses and I think we need either CC-ND or CC-NC-ND. My main questions are:
- Is there a way that we can add the ‘must be in a CocoaPods context’ requirement?
- Does the former (CC-ND) disallow the cases described in #2?
- Do the ND variants allow for things like cropping?
Or do we have to go a complete different route and actually register it as a trademark and is that a feasible process for a OSS project like ours?
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Hi! I am trying to gain permission to use this logo in a presentation. Who should I email to get that info? Thanks, Nisha