From 37b513f62fb15a60c097cb3f4de626b5ce8c523a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Spencer Dillard <85971990+spencerdillard@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:57:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Proposed changes to Branding Guidelines for clarifications and conformance (#1038) * Proposed changes to Branding Guidelines for clarifications and conformance * Updated based on csantanapr@'s feedback --- BRANDING.MD | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/BRANDING.MD b/BRANDING.MD index fb64db9..afd5779 100644 --- a/BRANDING.MD +++ b/BRANDING.MD @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ ## Knative Brand Guidelines The Knative trademark, ![Knative Logo](icons/logo.svg "The Knative Logo") -logo ("Knative Trademarks") and knative.dev domain are trademarks of Google, +logo ("Knative Trademarks") and knative.dev domain are trademarks of the CNCF, and are treated separately from the copyright or patent license grants contained in the Apache-licensed Knative repositories on GitHub. Any use of the Knative Trademarks other than those permitted in these guidelines must be @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ trademark law. Given the open nature of Knative, you may use the Knative trademark to refer to the project without prior written permission in accordance with these -guidelines. +guidelines. Please contact the Knative Trademark Committee if your proposed use case does not fall within these pre-approved categories. Examples of approved references include the following: @@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ Suggested templates: ### 3. Usage Guidelines * The Knative name may not be used or registered in a manner that would cause - confusion as to Google’s affiliation or endorsement (as the trademark owner). + confusion as to the CNCF’s affiliation or endorsement (as the trademark owner). * Don't use the Knative name as part of your company name, product name, - domain name, or social media profile. + domain name, or social media profile unless explicitly approved in advance by the Knative Trademark Committee. * Other than as permitted by these guidelines, the Knative name should not be combined with other trademarks, terms, or source identifiers. * Don't remove, distort or alter any element of the Knative Trademarks without @@ -83,9 +83,11 @@ Kubernetes project did not implement the [Certified Kubernetes Conformance Program](https://github.com/cncf/k8s-conformance) until version 1.7. Our goal is to have a Conformance Working Group created soon. +For details on the conformance process, see [Qualifying Offerings and Self-Testing](https://github.com/knative/specs/blob/main/knative-conformance.md) and [Knative Conformance Certification](https://github.com/knative/specs/blob/main/docs/conformance_procedure.md). + The Knative Trademark Owner and the Knative Trademark Committee reserve the -right to deny trademark permission for specific use cases if the use case -would not be in the best interest of the Knative Community. +right to approve or deny trademark permission for specific use cases +in the best interest of the Knative Community. ### 3. Logo presentation