Use of Yoast brand

Created on 30 May 2021, about 4 years ago
Updated 30 May 2025, 8 days ago

Problem/Motivation

On https://www.drupal.org/features/personalization one case see under "integrations" the Yoast logo and a link towards https://www.drupal.org/project/yoast_seo . While the project name is still "yoast" I am rather sure that the use of this logo is not in line with what Yoast (the company) wants. There has been some issues in the past and on the project page is explicitly states:
"Although build using YoastSEO.js, this module is not affiliated with Yoast."

You might want to cross check with Taco Potze / open social, but I am rather sure that the use of the logo, is not what the company wants.

I think this logo needs to be taken down.

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Closed: won't fix

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🇳🇱Netherlands bertboerland

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  • 🇺🇸United States hestenet Portland, OR 🇺🇸

    @bertboerland is correct that it is not necessarily 'fair use' to use any kind of trademark without permission of the organization. However, in many cases brands will implicitly allow this in the case of demonstrating integrations or support. The most common example is the use of logos/trademarks when showing if software can be hosted on a particular hosting provider, for example.

    After some legal consultation and research - we were recommended that generally speaking most third party technology providers will allow and may even encourage use of a logo to indicate that integrations are available, so long as they are *not* made to appear official. With the extra text on this page we think this should be okay.

    However, if we receive a request directly from any of these trademark holders we would absolutely comply with their wishes.

    Furthermore - this page will likely be replaced with the new.d.o redesign anyway

    I'm going to wont-fix this particular issue for the moment.

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