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Open-source logo licensing

Our open-source project (CocoaPods) has a logo drawn by a commissioned designer (@maxsteenbergen). Basically, we want Max Steenbergen to retain his copyright over the logo, but give us (CocoaPods) an exclusive license to do what we want, as described below.

We want our users to:

  1. BE ABLE to use the logo AS-IS for CocoaPods promotional purposes. Some examples are:
  • In a blog post about (amongst others) CocoaPods.
  • On the website of a commercial continuos-integration platform, to indicate they support CocoaPods projects.
  • Sell (i.e. commercial) stickers/t-shirts/mugs etc with the logo on it.
  1. NOT BE ABLE to use the logo for commercial or non-commercial purposes outside the context of CocoaPods. Some examples are:
  • In a blog post about the physical fruit.
  • On a website of a commercial build-tool platform, that uses the logo just for its recognizability (i.e. piggy-back on CocoaPods’ fame).

I have been looking at the Creative Commons licenses and I think we need either CC-ND or CC-NC-ND. My main questions are:

  • Does the former (CC-ND) disallow the cases described in #2?
  • Do the ND variants allow for things like cropping?

Or do we have to go a complete different route and actually register it as a trademark and is that a feasible process for a OSS project like ours?

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