Trademark policy
The code is free software. The name and the logo say where it came from, so they come with a few rules.
In effect from 28 October 2026.
"Netweir" and the Netweir logo are trademarks of James Conway. The AGPL gives you the code, not the name: this policy says how you can use the name and logo without asking, and when to ask first. It's meant to keep one thing clear for everyone, which is whether something comes from the Netweir project or not.
Go ahead, no need to ask
- Say that your project uses, works with, or is built on Netweir.
- Write about Netweir: blog posts, tutorials, talks, books, comparisons and reviews, good or bad.
- Use the logo to link to netweir.com or the GitHub repository, or to show that your project supports Netweir.
- Name a package that extends Netweir with Netweir in it, such as
netweir-redis-pipeline, as long as its description says it's not an official Netweir project. - Run a user group or a meetup about Netweir, as long as it's clear who's organising it.
Please ask first
- Calling a product, a company, a hosted service or a domain name "Netweir", or something easily mistaken for it.
- Selling merchandise with the name or logo on it.
- Anything that suggests we endorse, sponsor or are partnered with you when we aren't.
Forks and changed versions
You're free to fork Netweir under the AGPL. If you distribute a version you've changed, give it a different name and logo, so nobody mistakes it for Netweir; you can still say it's based on Netweir. Packaging the unchanged software for a Linux distribution or a package index under the name Netweir is fine.
Using the logo
Use the logo as it is: don't change its shape or colours, squash it, or combine it with another logo. Leave some space around it. The files are here: the mark, the wordmark, and the two together.
Asking
Email [email protected] with what you'd like to do. Most requests that fit the spirit of the list above get a quick yes.