Trademark policy

The LouiseLM name, logos, and associated marks identify this project. They are reserved by the maintainer and are not licensed by the MIT grant for the LouiseLM code. Permission to use the software does not include permission to present another project, product, service, or organization as LouiseLM.

Referring to LouiseLM¶

Anyone may use the name truthfully to refer to this project. Individuals, non-profits, educational institutions, worker-owned cooperatives, and community projects are especially welcome to discuss LouiseLM, teach with it, report on it, and describe work built with it.

Forks and related projects may say that they are derived from, based on, or compatible with LouiseLM. A modified project must use its own primary name and visual identity, and must not imply that it is the LouiseLM project or is endorsed by the maintainer. Nothing in this policy limits uses that applicable trademark law permits without authorization.

Uses that will be refused¶

No permission to use the LouiseLM marks as a brand, product identity, service identity, or signal of endorsement will be granted to entities deriving a majority of their revenue from proprietary foundation models, or from the hardware those models run on.

This is a structural class, not a list of companies. Revenue is considered at the level of the entity and any corporate group that controls it, so a rename, successor, or subsidiary does not change the principle. The refusal concerns the marks only. Entities in this class retain the same rights to use, modify, and distribute the code that the software licence grants to everyone else, and may still refer truthfully to LouiseLM.

Transfer of the mark¶

If the LouiseLM name or marks are ever sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred to another party, the maintainer’s intent is that the refusal above transfers with them — a successor should not gain a mark this policy was written to keep out of a given class of hands. That intent is stated here so it is legible, not because this document can enforce it against a future owner by itself; a transfer that omits this covenant would leave a successor unbound by it. Anyone relying on this policy for more than the maintainer’s current word should treat it accordingly: a present commitment, not a permanent property right attached to the mark.

Other uses¶

Ask the maintainer before using a LouiseLM mark in a way not expressly covered above, especially as the name of an event, publication, domain, product, or service. Permission, when granted, applies only to the use described and does not transfer ownership of the mark.