[asterisk-biz] Use of Asterisk logo and name

[Richard Amerman]

If the code is GPL is not the name of that code under the same license?

On 7/29/06, Trixter AKA Bret McDanel <trixter at 0xdecafbad.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, July 29, 2006 8:23 am, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> > ----- Doug Millsaps <lansiptelecom at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> As a consultant, is the use of the Asterisk logo and name allowed? or
> >> do you  have to have an agreement w/ Digium to use on marketing
> >> materials?
> >
> > The Digium trademark policy is posted on the Digium website.
> >
>
> According to http://www.digium.com/en/company/profile/trademarkpolicy.php
>
> Section 'The Trademarks'
> Digium owns the following trademarks, among others: DIGIUM, ASTERISK, IAX,
> and DUNDi.
>
> Section 'Uses that are Not Approved by this Policy'
> The calling of any software or product by the name "DIGIUM" or "ASTERISK"
> (another Digium Trademark), unless that software or product is an
> Unmodified Digium Product as defined in the "General" section of this
> Trademark Policy.
>
> Section 'General'
> Digium considers it important to distinguish between "Unmodified" Digium
> Software and third-party versions. Unmodified Digium Software is the
> software in the same form as originally distributed by Digium, without
> modification to the code of any extent.
>
>
>
> So does Digium really want to say that if you take the GPL version of
> asterisk you must go through and rename all references to iax, dundi,
> digium and asterisk if you modifiy anything (or just add modules that
> arent distributed with the digium codebase)?
>
> Further you are not allowed to say that your product (perhaps a SOHO pbx
> where you just combined asterisk, a few third party modules, and a soekris
> box) is using Asterisk, or advertise iax or dundi as features of that pbx?
>
>
>
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