[R] "Use R" -- term and logo copyright?

[Achim Zeileis]

Marianne:

> I would like to start some R workshops at King's College London, and
> to do so, I would like to use the "Use R!" logo at
> http://www.agrocampus-ouest.fr/math/useR-2009//useR%21%202008_fichiers/useR-middle.png
>
> Since it seems to be difficult to get a shell account at KCL, I also went
> ahead and registered use-r.org.uk and am starting to put together a
> website at kcl.use-r.org.uk.
>
> I really like the "Use R!" slogan, which seems to be used by the R
> user conferences and Springer (the latter without the exclamation
> mark).

The conference is called "useR!" and Springer decided to call their series 
"Use R!" (with exclamation mark) after asking us for permission.

> Even more, I really *really* like "Use R!" logo.  I think it is very
> elegant indeed! Kudos to whoever designed it.
>
> However, I'm completely in the dark about copyright issues of the logo
> and the slogan.
>
> Can I use (a) the logo and/or (b) the slogan for the KCL R workshops?
> I think it is quite clear from "my" website that this is neither about
> the Springer book series nor about an R user conference.

No, sorry, the logo/name should be used exclusively for the Springer 
series and the R User Conferences. For the latter see
   http://www.R-project.org/conferences.html

Hence, the logo of your workshop and preferably also its URL should be 
different. You may use "R" in the title though and have the usual R logo 
on the workshop page.

Best regards,
Z

> I enquired with the agrocampus-ouest.fr website about the logo but was
> pointed to r-project.org and the R development core team. I thought in
> that case it might be best to ask here to have the answer publicly
> available -- sorry if I overlooked the information online somewhere.
>
> Marianne
>
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