Trademark Notice and Disclaimer: Guidelines for Use of the SpamAssassin Trademark The goal of these guidelines is to minimize the likelihood that email users and other relevant readers will be confused as to the relationship between the licensees of the SpamAssassin(tm) technology, and the project itself. Deersoft, Inc., has acquired the trademark and will be taking the appropriate steps to protect the valuable goodwill that has developed under the SpamAssassin mark. What do these guidelines cover? These guidelines explain how you can use the trademark SpamAssassin to refer to the SpamAssassin software, either as an adjunct to or as an integrated part of your product. All such use is at your own risk. Without advance written permission from Deersoft, you may not use the SpamAssassin trademark, logos, or artwork for any other purpose. Under no circumstances may you use SpamAssassin in or as part of a product, service, company, domain, or other name, or in any slogan, tag line, promotional campaign title, advertising hook, or meta tag. If you have any concerns about whether your plans might conflict with these guidelines, please contact Deersoft at legal@deersoft.com. What are the rules? Proper use of the SpamAssassin trademark is simple: (1) stylize the mark properly, (2) use it in a grammatically appropriate way, (3) use the (tm) marking and attribute ownership in the fine print, and (4) avoid any misleading usage. The following paragraphs provide additional detail on these four steps. Stylization of the SpamAssassin mark. SpamAssassin should always be written in mixed case with the initial S and the first A in assassin in capital letters, and the other letters in lowercase type. There is no space between Spam and Assassin. Grammatically Appropriate Use of the SpamAssassin mark. A trademark is used correctly when the word "brand" would comfortably fit between the mark and the following word. "SpamAssassin [brand] software" and "SpamAssassin [brand] technology" are correct uses; "SpamAssassin [brand] will intercept" is not. A trademark is an adjective that should be followed by an appropriate generic term. It may be cumbersome to always make technically correct use of the SpamAssassin trademark, but you should do so the first time you refer to the mark and as often as possible thereafter. Because a trademark is an adjective, it should never be used in a possessive form (SpamAssassin's) or made plural (SpamAssassins) or used as a verb. You also should not create new forms of the trademark (SpamAssassinate). Consistency in repetition helps make a mark more memorable, and will promote the success of the SpamAssassin project. Markings and Fine Print. The appropriate marking to use with SpamAssassin is the (tm) symbol (™). At the bottom of the page in which SpamAssassin is referenced, you should add the statement "SpamAssassin is a trademark of Deersoft, Inc." Avoiding Misleading Use. The SpamAssassin mark must never be used to imply that Deersoft or the SpamAssassin project wrote, tested, endorses, or approves any particular third party product.