# HedgeDoc Logo Usage Guidelines

## The HedgeDoc Logo

“The HedgeDoc Logo” encompasses all copyrighted graphic artworks and variants at https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc-logo.

## Graphic guidelines

All usages and modifications to The HedgeDoc Logo must fulfill the [graphic guideline](https://github.com/hedgedoc/hedgedoc-logo/blob/main/Graphic-Guidlines/Graphic-Guidlines_v.1.0.pdf)

## Usage that *does not* require permission

1. You may use The HedgeDoc Logo to identify your HedgeDoc installation if you have not made any modifications to HedgeDoc itself. You are of course allowed to make modifications, but then you MUST remove our Logo as it is no longer HedgeDoc. Modifications to HedgeDoc here are defined as those which would would require you to provide them in source form to any user who asks under the license of the AGPLv3.

2. Conferences and events are a big part of every open source community, therefore you may use The HedgeDoc Logo to promote the project at conferences and events.

3. You may use The HedgeDoc Logo to enrich publications about the HedgeDoc project.

4. You may use The HedgeDoc Logo to produce utensils such as t-shirts, hats, bags, jackets, sweatshirts, mugs, and desktop wallpapers to identify yourself with the project and give them to your friends and family.

## Usage that *does* require permission

1. To ensure that merchandise benefits the community, you may not use The HedgeDoc Logo without explicit permission to sell HedgeDoc merchandise.

2. To ensure consistent quality of packaging and to reduce confusion, you may not use The HedgeDoc Logo without explicit permission when distributing repackaged or preinstalled versions of HedgeDoc.

3. To make sure that online communities represent the project properly, you may not use The HedgeDoc Logo without explicit permission to organise or identify online communities of any kind. If you want to join an online community about HedgeDoc join our Matrix room [#hedgedoc:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/#hedgedoc:matrix.org).

## Contact us

You have questions about the terms or are unsure if your usage needs an explicit permission? You just want to chat? Contact us on [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/#hedgedoc:matrix.org).

But be aware, explicit permission can only be granted via [E-Mail](mailto:logo@hedgedoc.org).
