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License / Trademarks FAQ

Varien is committed to producing professional open source software and to building a dynamic open source community to enhance and support it.

• What commercial license do we use for the Magento Enterprise Edition?
• What OSI-approved open source license do we use for the Magento Community Edition?
• I’m an end user, what does “open source software” mean to me?
• I’m a developer, what does the OSL 3.0 license mean to me?
• Can I use the “Magento” trademarks, service marks and logos?
• Can I use the “Magento” trademark in one of my domain names or URLs?
• If I can’t use the “Magento” trademarks, how can I market my own goods or services to the community?
• A summary of appropriate and inappropriate uses of the Magento trademarks
• List of Magento trademarks, service marks, logos, and other protected marks

What commercial license do we use for the Magento Enterprise Edition?

Please review the Magento Enterprise Edition End User License Agreement for more details.

What OSI-approved open source license do we use for the Magento Community Edition?

Magento Community Edition will be distributed under the Open Software License (OSL 3.0), and is thus certified open source software. See http://opensource.org/licenses/osl-3.0.php.

I’m an end user, what does “open source software” mean to me?

You are free to download, copy and modify Magento. You can also be assured that Magento will continue to thrive because all contributions made back to the software by others will also be available under the same license. The source code will always be freely available and continue to evolve as the community develops new features, because the open source community uses the same OSL 3.0 license for Magento.

I’m a developer, what does the OSL 3.0 license mean to me?

OSL 3.0 allows developers full access to the Magento Community Edition source code. Developers can modify and customize the software and distribute their own derivative works under the OSL 3.0 license. This will lead to a larger community of developers enhancing Magento in ways that are available to all.

Can I use the “Magento” trademarks, service marks and logos?

Although Magento software is free and open source, the Magento trademarks, service marks and logos are not. You may not use any Magento marks in association with your own goods or services in the field of e-commerce or related software, because consumers could confuse your goods or services with our Magento software or our company's related services. You may, however, refer to the Magento trademark in any truthful statement (such as, "this company uses Magento software to support its e-commerce system." See more on the trademark rules below.)

Can I use the “Magento” trademark in one of my domain names or URLs?

No. You may not use the Magento trademark or any other mark associated with the Magento offering from our company in your domain name or URL. (For instance "www.magentohosting.com" is not allowed. See more on this topic below.)

If I can’t use the “Magento” trademarks, how can I market my own goods or services to the community?

Varien is committed to helping build an effective Magento community. We welcome business partnerships with companies around the world. You are free, under OSL 3.0, to market any of your goods or services relating to Magento software-as long as you don't refer to those goods or services as "Magento" or confuse our trademarks and service marks with your own.

A summary of appropriate and inappropriate uses of the Magento trademarks

By law and to provide clarity for the greater Magento community, we ensure that the uses of the Magento trademarks (including our name and logos) are subject to the following "fair use" guidelines. We enforce our trademark rights around the world.

• Under fair use practice, you may describe your goods or services as being based on Magento, such as "Acme hosted email using Magento software," but you may not use the Magento name within your own branding such as "Acme Magento hosted email."
• Examples of unauthorized uses of the Magento trademarks include the following. Please view this list as our reasonable effort to shed some light on the esoteric subject of trademark law. Please do not assume that this list represents a full accounting; rather we recommend that you consult a lawyer if you are in doubt.
  1. Company, product, or service name - You may not use or register Magento or any other Magento trademark or service mark, including graphic symbols, logos, icons, or a obvious alterations thereof, as all or part of your company name, trade name, product name, or service name.
  2. Merchandise items - You may not manufacture, sell or give-away merchandise items, such as T-shirts and mugs, bearing the name Magento or any Magento trademark or service mark, including symbols, logos, or icons, or obvious alterations thereof, as a way of associating your goods with our Magento software, except pursuant to an express written trademark license from our company.
  3. Magento logo and Magento-owned graphic symbols - You may not use the Magento logo or any other Magento graphic symbol, logo, or icon on or in connection with web sites, products, packaging, manuals, promotional/advertising materials, or for any other purpose except pursuant to an express written agreement (such as a Business Partner Agreement).
  4. Disparaging Manner - You may not use a Magento trademark or service mark, or any other graphic symbol, logo, or icon, in a untruthful or disparaging manner.
  5. Variations, takeoffs or abbreviations - You may not use an obvious variation of the name Magento or any of our trademarks or service marks, or any variation, phonetic equivalent, foreign language equivalent, takeoff, or abbreviation, for any purpose relating to e-commerce software or services. For example, "Magento", "iMagento" and "MagentoMail" are not acceptable.
  6. Endorsement or Sponsorship - You may not use the Magento logo or symbols in a manner that would imply Magento's affiliation with or endorsement, sponsorship, or support of anyone else's product or service.
  7. Slogans and taglines -You may not use or imitate a Magento marketing slogan or tagline so that a consumer would confuse your goods or services with ours.
  8. Domain names - You may not use an identical or virtually identical Magento trademark as a second level domain name. For example, "iMagento.com" and "Magentomail.com" are not acceptable.

List of Magento trademarks, service marks, logos, and other protected marks

This is a current list of trademarks and related marks in Magento software and the names of their legal owners:

• Magento is a trademark of Irubin Consulting Inc.