# WhipDesk trademark policy

"WhipDesk" and the WhipDesk logo are trademarks of BinaryBanana LLC.

The [AGPL-3.0](LICENSE) license covers the source code, not the brand. You're free to use,
modify, and redistribute the code under its terms — the trademarks are not part of that grant.
This is the same split projects like Firefox and Grafana use: open code, protected name.

## You may, without asking

- Use the name to truthfully refer to the project — "works with WhipDesk", "based on WhipDesk
  source code", blog posts, reviews, tutorials, academic work.
- Keep the name in an unmodified build, including packaging unmodified releases for a
  distribution repository.
- Keep the name in a private fork, or one that exists to develop patches you intend to submit
  upstream.

## You may not, without written permission

- Distribute a modified version under the WhipDesk name or logo.
- Offer a product or network service under the WhipDesk name — or a confusingly similar one —
  that isn't operated by BinaryBanana LLC.
- Use the marks in a way that suggests endorsement by, or affiliation with, BinaryBanana LLC.

If you fork WhipDesk to build your own thing, that's what the AGPL is for — just pick your own
name and logo so users always know whose software they're running and who stands behind it.
Questions or permission requests: open a
[GitHub discussion](https://github.com/BinaryBananaLLC/WhipDesk/discussions).