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How do open source licences affect the incorporation of copyright / trademark logos names in a project?
When a private corporation decides to publish software under a permissive open source licence (for example, the MIT licence) there might still be a desire for that company's name and logo to be ...
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What is an Open Source license that prevents using the name of the software, and requires user-facing attribution if adopted?
I'm writing an App, and considering making it open source. However, I'd like to retain a certain level of creative control of the project-- is there a way I can make it so that, if it's forked, it can'...
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Can I develop a video game or mod related to 3rd party artwork?
I'm developing a video game with many easter eggs and references to science, technologies, philosophy, and some movies, tv series, animated series, video games, franchises of fictional universes, ...
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Can I use a logo (Image) from a GitHub repository with an MIT License?
Can I use a Logo (Image file) from Github Repository with an MIT License, without violating any copyright terms?
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Can I use a company's name in my open-source project?
I'm developing a small open-source plugin for a fairly well known CMS, which as far as I can tell has a trademark on the product and company name. It's starting to get a bit of traction, so I'm in the ...
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Who owns the rights to a logo contributed to an open-source project?
I recently designed a logo for an MIT-licensed open-source project.
That same open-source project has now launched a commercial offering under the same name (just using a .com instead of .org) domain,...
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Using company logos in open source projects?
I want to create an open source custom home page and I need to use logos (such as Google's) to link to their sites. Can I use them freely, or should I check individually, and if it is the latter, how ...
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Does being open sourced mean others can use my logo?
Suppose
I have created an open source application
I have also created a snazzy logo to go with the application (for example, the Eclipse logo)
I released my application's source code under a ...
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