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1 | MOODLE TRADEMARKS POLICY |
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| 4 | The word "Moodle" is trademarked in many countries around the world. The word | |
| 5 | was originally an acronym: Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning | |
| 6 | Environment. The trademark is owned by Martin Dougiamas, Founder and Director | |
| 7 | of Moodle. | |
| 8 | ||
| 9 | The law obligates trademark owners to police their marks and prevent the use of | |
| 10 | confusingly similar names by third parties. Through this policy we’d like to | |
| 11 | make it clear how Moodle-related projects, organisations, and people can use | |
| 12 | the Moodle trademark. We’d also like to be clear about how use of the word is | |
| 13 | restricted when used to promote commercial Moodle services. We do this to | |
| 14 | protect the very business model that allows us to continue developing Moodle | |
| 15 | for you. | |
| 16 | ||
| 17 | Allowed uses | |
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| 19 | ||
| 20 | The following uses don’t require any permission at all: | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | * Referring to the software or the Moodle project. | |
| 23 | * Describing your own Moodle implementation (including within corporate | |
| 24 | settings). | |
| 25 | * Describing a Moodle-based community hub. | |
| 26 | * Describing some software you’ve made that integrates with Moodle | |
| 27 | (eg a Moodle integration feature on another system). | |
| 28 | ||
| 29 | Restricted uses | |
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| 31 | ||
| 32 | The following uses are generally prohibited without explicit and direct | |
| 33 | permission being granted to you by Moodle Pty Ltd. We do this to protect the | |
| 34 | Moodle project from software and sites which could confuse people. Please | |
| 35 | contact us to ask for permission in writing. | |
| 36 | ||
| 37 | * You can’t use "Moodle" in the name of your software (including Mobile apps) | |
| 38 | * You can’t use "Moodle" in your company name | |
| 39 | * You can’t use "Moodle" in your domain name | |
| 40 | * You can’t use "Moodle" in advertising-related keywords (such as Adsense) | |
| 41 | * You can’t use "Moodle" to describe services around Moodle (such as hosting, | |
| 42 | training, support, consulting, course creation services, theme development, | |
| 43 | customisation, installation, integration and certification). This applies | |
| 44 | even if you do not charge for the services. Note that usually only Moodle | |
| 45 | Partners have this permission. | |
| 46 | ||
| 47 | For information about the Moodle Partner Certification Mark as well as for how | |
| 48 | to contact us, please see <https://moodle.com/trademarks/>. |
