Wasmer Trademark Policy

This policy describes Wasmer trademarks and how you may use them. For information on what to do if someone infringes a trademark of yours with a confusing package name, see the Dispute Resolution Policy.

What is Wasmer?

The Wasmer project contains two main parts:

  1. The Wasmer client. It is a command line tool to install and publish packages.
  2. The Wasmer registry service. Wasmer, Inc. runs the registry as a free (as in beer) public service for anyone wanting to publish an open source package and for anyone to install an open source package.

Why Wasmer, Inc. has a trademark policy

"Wasmer" and the Wasmer logos are trademarks owned by Wasmer, Inc. We have developed this trademark usage policy to make it clear how other businesses and projects can (and cannot) use the Wasmer name and logos.

General rules

  • When referring to the Wasmer software in body text, the first usage should be followed by a generic term such as "package manager," "services" or "client" to provide context.
  • "Wasmer" should never be used or explained as an acronym.
  • When referring to the Wasmer public registry, please follow Wasmer with the word "registry" or the phrase "public registry".
  • When referring to a private registry for Wasmer packages, please describe it as "private registry for Wasmer packages" or a "proxy of the Wasmer registry".
  • References to the owner of the Wasmer client software and the operator of the Wasmer public registry should be to "Wasmer, Inc."
  • Any materials referring to Wasmer should include the following notice in the footer or wherever you may have your own trademark notice: "Wasmer is a registered trademark of Wasmer, Inc."

Nominative use - No need to type ™ on Twitter®

"Nominative" or "referential" use means to refer to something or someone else by their trademark. So it's perfectly OK to use "Wasmer" to refer to Wasmer, Inc., the Wasmer client, Wasmer code, and the Wasmer public registry. A referential use is generally going to be in a sentence or sentence fragment, like "first install the Wasmer client," or in a book or article title. The use should not be attention-getting or potentially misperceived as suggesting "Wasmer" is your own name, project, product or services.

It is not a referential use to incorporate the letters "Wasmer" or any of the Wasmer logos in the name or logo for your own company or its projects, products, services or social media handles.

If you need to use "Wasmer" to indicate compatibility, you should use "Wasmer" after your own product or service name and an accurate preposition:

  • Pink Unicorn Consulting Ltd. services for Wasmer
  • Purple Unicorn Inc. private registry server compatible with the Wasmer client
  • Kappa, a hirearchical proxy of the Wasmer registry

You need to ask for permission for any uses not described. When in doubt about your use of the Wasmer name or logo, please contact Wasmer, Inc. for clarification.

Requesting permission

We like to make it easy for anyone to use the Wasmer name or logo for community-oriented efforts that help spread and improve Wasmer. We are therefore likely to grant permission to use the Wasmer name and logo in the following ways:

  • For projects where:

    • The primary purpose of your project is to promote the spread and improvement of the Wasmer client software or the Wasmer registry service.
    • Your project is non-commercial in nature (it can make money to cover its costs or contribute to non-profit entities, but it cannot be run as a for-profit project or business).
    • Your project neither promotes nor is associated with entities that currently fail to comply with the Artistic License 2.0 under which Wasmer is distributed, or which are in violation of this trademark policy.

  • For a user group name where:

    • The main focus of the group is the software.
    • Any software or services the group provides are without cost.
    • The group does not make a profit.
    • Any charge to attend meetings are to cover the cost of the venue, food and drink only.

Any other requests are not likely to be granted licenses, but feel free to ask.

The Wasmer Logos

Our Wasmer Logos are very recognizable and deserves special treatment. The Wasmer Logos signify us, or a special relationship with us, and you may use them only with our permission. Since the goal is to avoid confusion about you being us, or your relationship with us, context counts. We will consider requests on a case-by-case basis.

Changes

This is a living document and may be updated from time to time.

License

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