Decidim

Trademark policy

"Decidim" and the Decidim logo are registered trademarks of Associació de Software Lliure Decidim. You may not use these trademarks in a commercial setting to infer that your product or service is endorsed or associated with Decidim without permission. You may use these marks to refer to Decidim in a way where it's clear that you're simply referring to the project, not claiming endorsement or association.
If you’re using the Decidim logo in any way you need to add the following text: "Decidim name and logo is a registered trademark of the Associació de Software Lliure Decidim."
We have developed this trademark usage policy with the following goals in mind:
  1. We’d like to make it easy for anyone to use the Decidim name or logo for community-oriented efforts that help spread and improve Decidim.
  2. We’d like to make it clear how Decidim-related businesses and projects can (and cannot) use the Decidim name and logo.
  3. We’d like to make it hard for anyone to use the Decidim name and logo to unfairly profit from, trick or confuse people who are looking for official Decidim resources.
Examples of use that do not need permission
  • Including the Decidim logo on product pages to say "we work with Decidim" (e.g., hosting, consultancy services, developments based on Decidim).
  • Use of the trademark "Decidim" in book titles and research articles.
  • Use of the Decidim logo in the footer of an instance (“Powered by Decidim”).
Examples of use that do need permission
  • Selling merchandise (stickers, t-shirts, mugs, etc).
  • Use of the Decidim logo on a book cover.
  • Use of the Decidim logo in a header in a website, implying that you’re the Decidim organization.
Examples of use that will not get permission
  • Naming your company or product after Decidim, like "The Decidim Consultants".
You can request permission by emailing associacio@decidim.org.
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FAQs
I want to fund the project. How can I proceed?

Yes you can! Decidim is a non profit project and for the moment it depends completely on funding. Please find all details to fund the project at OpenCollective

What is the Decidim Association?

The "Asociacion de Software Libre Decidim" (The Decidim Free Software Association) is a democratic association for the governance of the Decidim community. It was founded on February 16, 2019 in an extraordinary assembly of the community, with the approval of the organization statutes.

We want to make a formal collaboration agreement. Are there any templates we can use?

Yes, we have templates to formalize collaboration agreements. Please contact us.

What does it mean that Decidim is for free, "libre" and open source?

Decidim is a platform for citizen participation made by the people and for people. Its source code is open and can be inspected, modified, and enhanced by anyone. The Decidim software is covered by the AGPL license. That means that you can use it, modify it and redistribute derived versions of it as long as you respect the AGPL license.

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