Logos and Usage

This policy describes Nordcraft logos and 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 Disputes policy.

What is Nordcraft?

The Nordcraft project contains two main parts:

1. The Nordcraft editor. Is a web app builder where users can install and publish packages.
2. The Nordcraft registry service. Nordcraft runs the registry as a free public service for anyone wanting to publish an open source package and for anyone to install an open source package.

Why Nordcraft has a logo policy

"Nordcraft" and the Nordcraft logos are trademarks owned by Møller & Hansen EDB APS (Nordcraft). We have developed this policy to make it clear how other businesses and projects can (and cannot) use the Nordcraft name and logos.

General rules

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

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 "Nordcraft" to refer to Møller & Hansen EDB APS, the Nordcraft editor, Nordcraft packages, and the Nordcraft public registry. A referential use is generally going to be in a sentence or sentence fragment, like "first install the Nordcraft package," or in a book or article title. The use should not be attention-getting or potentially misperceived as suggesting "Nordcraft" is your own name, project, product or services.

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

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

• Pink Unicorn Consulting Ltd. services for Nordcraft
• Purple Unicorn Inc. private registry server compatible with the Nordcraft editor
• Kappa, a hierarchical proxy of the Nordcraft registry

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

Requesting permission

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

• For projects where:
• For a user group name where:

Any other requests are not likely to be granted licenses, but feel free to contact our support.

The Nordcraft Logos

Our Nordcraft Logos are very recognizable and deserve special treatment. In short, the Nordcraft logos represent only Nordcraft and should not be used to represent your products. The Nordcraft 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.

License

Copyright © Nordcraft

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