Hi!
VeraCrypt Team:
> We have no problem with you reusing VeraCrypt logo in Tails. The logo
> itself is licensed under Apache License 2.0. I don't know if this can
> help integrate it into Tails. In case of problem, we can make
> exceptions for you.
That's great! But after some more discussions, we see some more license
problems, which we hope you can help us with:
* We would like the custom mounter application we created to have
"VeraCrypt" in it's name, so that it will be easier for our users
to find it in the menus. Our working title is "VeraCrypt Mounter".
But we found that the VeraCrypt license states:
"This license does not grant you rights to use any contributors'
name, logo, or trademarks, including IDRIX, VeraCrypt and all
derivative names."
So we would like to ask you if you could give us permission to use
"VeraCrypt" in the application name.
* We were thinking about creating a Debian package for the custom
mounter application, and trying to get it into the Debian
repositories. We don't know yet if this will work, because it has to
be compliant with the Debian Free Software Guidelines [1], but if you
are in favor of this, we could try it if you give us permission along
the lines of:
"We allow the software "VeraCrypt Mounter" and all derivatives to use
the name "VeraCrypt" in its name and the VeraCrypt logo in its logo."
[1]
https://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
* Note: This point is only relevant if we can't create Debian packages.
You gave us permission to use the VeraCrypt logo in the icon of the
custom mounter application that we want to ship in Tails. But
derivatives of Tails currently don't have this permission, so they
have only the permissions granted by the VeraCrypt license, which
does not allow the use of the logo. We don't want to make life hard
for Tails derivatives, so it would help if you could grant the same
permission to Tails derivatives (same applies to the use of
"VeraCrypt" in the application name).
Thanks in advance!
Cheers
