[NCLUG] Installfest Status

[Jim Hutchinson]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Paul Hummer <paul at eventuallyanyway.com>
wrote:

> Just a quick status note so that you all know where we are in getting
> the Installfest organized (I use the word "we" because this is a
> community event *hint hint*)
>
> CollegeAmerica has agreed to host the event.  We're hoping to have the
> event on May 17th, but I'm still waiting to hear back on that.


I have nothing against CA but it's not very public. That may be fine but
unless it's well advertised not many people will know we are doing it. It
would be harder to get permission and maybe a network connection but
something at the library or CSU or somewhere would be more visible. Of
course, if that's not important then, well, it's not important. I'm just
asking.


> As far as the t-shirts are concerned, everyone so far seems to like the
> ones with the distro logos.  However, something Kevin was nice enough to
> point out: if we want to use the distro logos, we need to get
> permission.  That's tedious work for me to go around and find all the
> email addresses to get permission, write the emails, and make sure they
> respond back with a yay or nay.  If we want to use one of those, I think
> it'd be best if a few of us just took one logo and found where to get
> permission, and do that, and report back.
>

I'm not a copyright expert, but copyright law does allow for trademarks to
be used without permission for things like parody. I think we could avoid
the hassle if the logos were stylized a bit and parodied. Even if not
stylized you could still claim parody as they are all mixed together. I'm
also wondering if we would need permission in any case. For non-commercial
use will anyone care if a few people put their favorite emblem on a shirt?
It's free advertising.

As for which, I like the first one with the second one's text. I think we
should include NCLUG Installfest 2008 on there too.

And for geek points, I recognize all but the moon and star one. :)
-- 
Jim (Ubuntu geek extraordinaire)
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