Trademark policy

01Why

Someone who downloads, installs or buys something called DS2000 should be getting the real thing, or know clearly that they are not. That is all this policy protects.

02The marks

• The name DS2000, used for the device, its app and its firmware.
• The DS2000 logo.
• The name Mechardo Labs and its logos, including the mechardolabs wordmark and the m mark.

They belong to Mechardo Labs. The logo files in the repositories are covered by this policy, not by the AGPL.

03Additional term under the AGPL

Under section 7(e) of the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0, the license of the DS2000 repositories does not grant rights under trademark law to use the marks above; their use is governed by this policy. The license text itself is unchanged, and every other right it gives you stands. Each repository carries this policy as TRADEMARKS.md.

04What you may do without asking

• Talk about the project. Name DS2000 in articles, videos, reviews, tutorials, talks and course material, and use the logo next to it, as long as it is clear who made what.
• Redistribute official releases unchanged, under their name.
• Say what your work is for. "Compatible with DS2000", "for DS2000", "based on DS2000" and "a fork of DS2000" are fine when they are true.
• Build and sell devices from the unmodified designs running the official firmware, and describe them as "built from the open-source DS2000 design". Say who built them, and do not present them as made, sold or supported by Mechardo Labs.
• Fork the repositories to contribute. A fork made to send changes back can keep the name while it is used for that.
• Use the logo to link to the project, unchanged.

05What needs written permission

• Calling a modified version of the app, the firmware or the hardware "DS2000", or a name that can be confused with it (for example "DS2000 Pro" or "DS-2000"). Modified includes different code, different firmware and a changed board or enclosure.
• Using the logos on, or as the icon of, a modified version or another product, or altering the logos.
• Saying or implying that Mechardo Labs made, endorses, certifies or supports something it did not.
• Publishing installers, firmware or devices under the name that were not built from the official sources, or signing them so they look like official releases.
• Using the marks in a domain name, an app store listing, a company or product name, or a social media account that could pass for the official one.

06Renaming a fork

A fork published under another name changes the name and the logos, and also anything that would make it pass for, or update itself from, the official project: the app's identifier, updater endpoint and signing keys, the firmware's USB name and signing key, and the logos on the board's silkscreen. Each repository's TRADEMARKS.md lists exactly what to change in it.

07Asking

To ask for permission, or to report a use that looks wrong, write through the contact form or open an issue on GitHub. This policy may be updated; the date at the top says when it last was.

This policy is not legal advice. Where it disagrees with the law that applies to you, the law wins.