I saw that KDEnLive’s logo is available to download on Trademark and Logo - Kdenlive and I was wondering if we are allowed to put the logo at the ending of short films, broadcasted projects, and other general videos to help promote FOSS software in filmmaking.
Is this allowed? Do we need special permission if ever?
Hi, and welcome to the forum and community.
Thanks for asking to use the logo. Yes, you may use it but please add “Kdenlive™, Kde’n’live™ and the playhead logo are trademarks of KDE e.V.”
There have been some serious problems in the past where the logo and name were misused, so we need to have this little blurb there.
Thanks for your response, I’ll be sure to include that. Maybe I’ll also put a disclaimer clarifying that I have no official affiliation or that I’m not being financially compensated to promote KDEnLive.
Actually, you mentioned that the logo has been misused in the past. Are there any restrictions or situations I should avoid?
Does being given, ‘for free’, software that (according to the ever-reliable SLOCCount on my dev tree today) would have cost you around $5.5M USD and 40 man-years to develop, not count as compensation?
But seriously, I wouldn’t sweat over saying what you’re not too hard. If you use the trademarks, use them in the way they are permitted to be used. The same way you would use the software according to the licence you have for it.
Otherwise, if you don’t claim to be something you’re not, you don’t really need to explicitly disclaim all the things you didn’t claim or misrepresent(*).
Just be you, and if saying you made something with particular tools fits with their aesthetic, then feel free to say that. It is good that you’re asking if you’re unsure, but nothing anyone says here is actual Legal Advice. You’d need an actual lawyer for that (and even then …).
(*) I am not a dolphin, or a 6 year old girl, or the immortal head of the Secret Vatican Mafia. I may or may not be a pretty good baker.
Lmao good point.
I guess I’m just over thinking haha. Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t breaking any rules. Thanks for the response!