[theme-reviewers] WordPress Trademark

[Chip Bennett]

Answered explicitly in the policy:
http://wordpress.org/about/domains/

"“WordPress” in sub-domains is fine, like wordpress.example.com, we’re just
concerned about top-level domains."


With respect to logo usage: trademark and copyright are not equivalent. The
logo and its use are protected by trademark, and governed by WordPress
foundation trademark policy:
http://wordpressfoundation.org/trademark-policy/

"
Permission from the WordPress Foundation is required to use the WordPress
or WordCamp name or logo as part of any project, product, service, domain
or company name.
"


Fairly straghtforward.


On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Abhik Biswas <abhik at itsabhik.com> wrote:

> Chip,
>
> 1. The word "WordPress" isn't allowed on Theme/Author/Credit domain? Is it
> allowed on sub-folder names? Like, wordpressdomain.com or
> domain.com/wordpress/.
> 2. Can the Theme/Author/Credit link use WordPress logo (anywhere in the
> page) since that licensed under GPL? (Everything on WordPress.org is GPL,
> am I right?)
> 3. Is it required to obtain permission from WordPress Foundation to use
> WordPress logo in the theme website logo that offers premium versions of
> their free themes?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Thought so but wanted to confirm, got a few more tickets to close,
>> someone uploaded about 10 of these.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> That's a show-stopper. As with licensing issues: there's simply no point
>>> in continuing the review.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Srikanth Koneru <tskk79 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tickets with theme/author domain that contain WordPress are subject to
>>>> automatic rejection or do they still have to be reviewed?
>>>>
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