Re: gnome-online-accounts: Permission to update the Google icon

Debarshi Ray <[email protected]> Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:33:19 +0000

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnome.release-team,gmane.comp.gnome.documentation
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

(Sending to [email protected], since this slowly moving away from a
usual freeze break request.)

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 02:21:40PM +0100, Ekaterina Gerasimova wrote:
> On 14 September 2015 at 14:19, Debarshi Ray <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Hello everybody,
> >
> > Since Google recently changed their logo, Jimmac has created new icons
> > to match it: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=754142
> >
> > I would like to use these new icons in 3.18.
> 
> Not an issue from the documentation side, but have you checked that
> you're complying with all of Google's requirements?

Jimmac created the icon, so maybe he took care to comply with the
requirements? I don't know.

Once upon a time the GNOME Foundation board (through Karen and the
SFLC) used to help with things like this, but recently I have had a
hard time evoking any response on matters like these. So, I have given
up.

Anyway, I looked at the Google Brand Permissions [1]. It looks very
restrictive on the surface and I am not sure what to make of it. eg., it
says [2]:
Q: "Google is sponsoring my event. Do I need permission to use the logo?"
A: We typically do not approve the use of our logo for events we sponsor. If
you're working with us on an event, please work with your Google contact to
obtain permission for an exception to this policy.

Given that I am used to seeing a big Google banner at GUADECs, I
wonder if we have some arrangement regarding this. Maybe the only way
forward is to file a formal request [3] and find out? I would be glad if
the board could help out with this.

Thanks,
Rishi

[1] http://www.google.cz/permissions/
[2] http://www.google.cz/permissions/faq.html
[3] https://services.google.com/fb/forms/permissionsbranden/

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