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MOODLE TRADEMARKS POLICY
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The Moodle Trademark
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The brand and word "Moodle" has trade mark protection in many countries around
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the world. Various Moodleâ„¢ trade marks are owned by either Moodle Pty Ltd or
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one of its associated entities. The law obligates trade mark owners to police
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their trade marks and prevent the use of confusingly similar names by
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third parties.
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We have created a more concise and thorough set of Trademark Guidelines
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(https://moodle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Moodle-Trademark-Guidelines-2023-4.pdf)
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to help you understand how to comply with Moodle's trade mark requirements.
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The Trademark Guidelines will also assist our Moodle Certified Partners and the
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community to understand some of the principles that inform Moodle's stance
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whenever potential infringement has been detected by us or our community.
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We need to be clear about use of the word "Moodle" and how we restrict its use
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when promoting commercial Moodleâ„¢ branded services. The proper use of
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trade marks reliably assures consumers about the quality of the associated
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products or services and where they have been derived from. Because the
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Moodle LMS is made available under the open source ‘GNU General Public License'
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that permits you to modify the copyrighted software, the distribution of such
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modified software in combination with Moodle trade marks can potentially
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mislead others in the community. To be clear, the GNU GPL does not include an
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implied right or licence to use Moodle's trade marks.
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We do all this to protect the very business model that allows us to continue
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developing various Moodle software solutions for you.
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Allowed uses of "Moodle"
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The following uses don't require any permission at all:
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* Referring to the software or the Moodle project as the "Moodleâ„¢ software"
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or the "Moodleâ„¢ project"
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* Describing your own implementation of the Moodleâ„¢ software platform
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(including within corporate settings).
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* Describing a Moodle-based community hub.
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* Describing certain software you've made that integrates with Moodleâ„¢
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branded software (e.g. a Moodleâ„¢ integration feature on another system).
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Restricted uses of "Moodle"
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The following uses are generally prohibited without explicit and direct
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permission being granted to you by Moodle Pty Ltd. We do this to protect the
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Moodleâ„¢ project from software and sites which could confuse people. If in
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doubt, reach out for clarification at <trademarks@moodle.com>
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* You can't use the word "Moodle" or any Moodle logos for commercial purposes
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without prior written permission from Moodle HQ.
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* You can't use "Moodle" in the name of your software (including Mobile apps).
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* You can't use "Moodle" in your company name.
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* You can't use "Moodle" in your domain name.
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* You can't use "Moodle" in advertising-related keywords (such as Adsense).
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* You can't use "Moodle" to describe services around Moodle
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(such as hosting, training, support, consulting, course creation services,
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theme development, customisation, installation, integration, analytics
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and certification) that cause consumers to be confused that you are
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associated with Moodle HQ if you are not.
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This applies even if you do not charge for the services.
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Note that usually only Moodle Partners have this permission.
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