From kde-community  Mon Dec 29 15:05:49 2014
From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 15:05:49 +0000
To: kde-community
Subject: Re: [kde-community] KDE office (was: Your KDE highlight of 2014?)
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On Monday, December 29, 2014 13.43:44 Mirko Boehm wrote:
> the least of our worries. If a significant portion of commits are com=
ing
> from that room, why wouldn=E2=80=99t it be a KDE office? :-)

Two reasons:

a) if person / company X is permitted without specific license to say t=
hey run=20
a KDE office, it becomes much harder (even impossible) to prevent perso=
n /=20
company Y from doing the same in future. We may like X and trust them a=
nd all=20
that, but the precedence of "hey, set up an office and call it a KDE of=
fice"=20
opens the door for others we may not. Trademark is predicated on active=
=20
protection.

b) KDE could easily find itself liable legally, reputationally, or both=
 for=20
any negative activity[1] that occurs in that physical location.=20

A "KDE office" implicitly represents KDE. It's all fun and games until =
someone=20
gets an eye poked out, and unfortunately for KDE it would be KDE's eye.=


Given the investment of time, effort and money that has gone into creat=
ing the=20
KDE trademark (both legally and reputationally), it would seem that sho=
wing=20
the small amount of prudence and organizational maturity to require "KD=
E=20
offices" to get official permission to use the trademark would not be t=
oo much=20
to expect.

Would you be cool with someone starting a random Endocode office?

For concerns about creating barriers: if someone finds it too onerous t=
o apply=20
for such permission[2], they really can't be that serious about it. Eve=
n=20
getting a commit account for KDE requires filling out a small amount of=
=20
information, committing to important documents (e.g. Manifesto, CoC) an=
d=20
otherwise demonstrating good intent.

[1] "Negative activity" could be a wide spectrum of things: not paying =
rent=20
due; illegal activities; activities that go against KDE's Manifesto and=
/or=20
Code of Conduct ....

[2] Which should be made a simple process.

=2D-=20
Aaron J. Seigo
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