I completed a draft of the "Guidelines for the use of Stack Exchange Network Logos and Names" this past weekend.

##Update

Here are the relevant portions from the final draft of the logo usage guidelines. Pending any last-minute changes, this should pretty much cover "fair use" of the logos in your applications.

Design of Your Product

Do:

• Do design your product with unique branding and logos.
• Do feel free to use our names or logos for the purpose of labeling our sites within your product, as long as use of such logos could not be confused with the branding or endorsement of the product itself.

Do not:

• Do not copy the look and feel of our products.
• Do not include elements of our network that are not user-contributed content (i.e. no copyright material).
• Do not use our name, logo, or service to promote or allow fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activities.

I completed a draft of the "Guidelines for the use of Stack Exchange Network Logos and Names" this past weekend.

Update

Here are the relevant portions from the final draft of the logo usage guidelines. Pending any last-minute changes, this should pretty much cover "fair use" of the logos in your applications.

Design of Your Product

Do:

• Do design your product with unique branding and logos.
• Do feel free to use our names or logos for the purpose of labeling our sites within your product, as long as use of such logos could not be confused with the branding or endorsement of the product itself.

Do not:

• Do not copy the look and feel of our products.
• Do not include elements of our network that are not user-contributed content (i.e. no copyright material).
• Do not use our name, logo, or service to promote or allow fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activities.

I completed a draft of the "Guidelines for the use of Stack Exchange Network Logos and Names" this past weekend.

In the latest draft, use of our logo is not permitted in your product. That was based on the guidelines from this post.

In general, you are probably infringing our trademark if you use one of our logos in your product, because it would be likely to cause confusion as to the origin of your product, so I would advise against it.

Having said that, I raised the issue of adding "fair use" clauses for the purpose of labeling our sites inside your product. Right now it is not permitted so please do not use our logos inside your product while this issue is still under discussion.

I will update this post with updates.

I completed a draft of the "Guidelines for the use of Stack Exchange Network Logos and Names" this past weekend.

##Update

Here are the relevant portions from the final draft of the logo usage guidelines. Pending any last-minute changes, this should pretty much cover "fair use" of the logos in your applications.

Design of Your Product

Do:

• Do design your product with unique branding and logos.
• Do feel free to use our names or logos for the purpose of labeling our sites within your product, as long as use of such logos could not be confused with the branding or endorsement of the product itself.

Do not:

• Do not copy the look and feel of our products.
• Do not include elements of our network that are not user-contributed content (i.e. no copyright material).
• Do not use our name, logo, or service to promote or allow fraudulent, abusive, or otherwise illegal activities.