Posted by johl on May 30, 2012 at 8:49pm
Hi
My problem is not technical.
Here goes .. I wish to provide paid Drupal Support to anybody who seeks help and willing to pay for it.
Strategy is to register a domain, such as getdrupalsupport.com or drupalsomethingelse.com etc, and build the site to attract customers overtime. I have registered a good domain but am reluctant to move forward after visiting drupal.com.
On sub pages, Dries Buytaert talks so much about trademarks & copyrights that I'm not sure if anyone would be allowed to register any domain with the term "Drupal" in it.
Does anyone know if it would be a good idea to go ahead with this plan as I do not wish to get into any sort of legal issues with drupal owners about using their trademark in my domain name?
Thanks
SSJ
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My understanding is without
My understanding is without approval using Drupal in such a fashion would be a trademark violation
It would be ok if your
It would be ok if your company name was included in the domain as well. For example, if your company name was SSJ Inc, you could register a domain named ssjdrupalsupport.com and an automatic license would be granted. Here is the relevant page including examples of what is allowed and not allowed:
http://drupal.com/trademark
As nevets has stated, you cannot use a domain like getdrupalsupport.com without prior approval.