# Trademark guidance

**ChannelGate** and the ChannelGate logo are marks used by MAKEITFUTURE S.R.L.; registration is
planned for a later date. This notice does not claim a registered ChannelGate mark.
**Makeitfuture** is a trademark of MAKEITFUTURE S.R.L. The
[Makeitfuture Sustainable Use License](LICENSE.md) grants no trademark rights (§5, §8); this page
says what you may do without asking.

## You may, without permission

- Refer to the software by its name to say what you do with it: *"we install, host, and support
  ChannelGate"*, *"built on ChannelGate"*, *"compatible with ChannelGate"*.
- Keep the name, logo, and notices exactly as shipped in an unmodified copy or a permitted
  deployment (the license requires it).
- Link to the official repository, documentation, and platform.
- Use the name in truthful comparisons, reviews, tutorials, and talks.

## You may not, without a written agreement

- Use *ChannelGate* or a confusingly similar name in the name of your product, service, company,
  app, domain, or social handle.
- Present a modified copy as *ChannelGate* itself — a distributed modified copy must state that it
  is modified (license §5) and must not use the name as its own product name.
- Alter the logo, combine it with your marks, or remove the branding from the user interface.
- Imply that Makeitfuture endorses, sponsors, or supports your product or service.

Rebranding and white-labeling are available under a White-Label Agreement:
`contact@makeitfuture.com`.