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Asked: 2015-03-04 14:51:27 +0800 CST

Is it legal to use Ubuntu name for my cybercafé? [duplicate]

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I have a cybercafé in Tunisia (North Africa) and I want to promote Ubuntu and hence I want to call it "Ubuntu Club" and I want to know whether Canonical will allow this. I love Ubuntu and I want to promote its OS and products in North Africa. BTW I will give my cybercafé and Ubuntu-like design. Will Canonical allow this and support me?

From the outside it will look something like this:

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3 Answers

  1. Hmmm.... when you use 'Ubuntu', you could mean the philosophy or something, but using it in that way (as a logo/trademark) it wouldn't be using it that way and would infringe it - sort of like what it says here:

    You will require Canonical’s permission to use: (i) any mark ending with the letters UBUNTU or BUNTU which is sufficiently similar to the Trademarks or any other confusingly similar mark, and (ii) any

    I would contact Canonical for permission... you never know they might even help or something :)

    By the way, this site is run by StackExchange - see also [1] [2] [3]

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  2. As pointed out in the copyright policy mentioned in the comments section above (http://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/intellectual-property-policy) you need to ask for permission to use the term ubuntu as it is a trademark of Canonical.

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  3. Ask them, there is nobody here that's going to give you permission & any thoughts on whether you can are just thoughts, not fact.

    http://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/contact-us

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