[suggestion] Waive CC attribution clause on FOSDEM logo when used inside FOSDEM presentations

[joostdecock]

There's been several speakers in the speakers chat room who've raised questions about using the FOSDEM logo in the slides/presentation they are preparing for speaking at FOSDEM.

These questions are typically one of:

• is it allowed?
• if so, what should I do to make sure I'm doing it right?

People have suggested sending emails to request permission, but I suspect many of us have gotten a bit behind schedule, so perhaps we can make this simpler.

It is my understanding that the logo is CC-BY, so I suggested that it might be a good idea to put out a blanket statement (even if it's only towards speakers) along the lines of:

As a FOSDEM speaker, it is allowed to put the FOSDEM logo in the slides/presentation of your FOSDEM talk. Furthermore, for this specific use-case, we hereby waive the attribution clause.

Exact wording is of course up to you, I merely wanted to suggest it as a principle.

Pascal Bleser suggested I'd create an issue for this, and who am I to argue with such an excellent suggestion, so I went ahead and did just that.

Thanks for all the great work 🙏

[gerryd]

Hi Joost,

The FOSDEM name and logo are trademarked so technically you would need our permissions for its use. It is on my TODO list to make a proper branding page with a blanket usage grant within the context of the conference, but I didn't get to it for this year.

Your suggestion does sound good though. I will check with the program team what we could send out to speakers.

Also, if you're in touch with Pascal, send him my regards! :)

[Thulinma]

Besides allowing usage in slides, you may also want to allow using the logo when talking about a person/project's presence at FOSDEM. For example in the context of "I/we will be at FOSDEM this year! Come hang out at [relevant devroom or stand]" with a logo next to it for recognition purposes. Since this is about FOSDEM itself (and not some knock-off event or whatever) that should be no problem either, right?