Preamble

CodeFryDev, together with its associated logos, product nomenclature, and visual identity, constitutes trade mark or brand property of the Service Provider. MIT and analogous open source licences do not, by their terms, confer trade mark rights or authorise the use of proprietary branding. The present Guidelines are formulated in alignment with established norms articulated by the Linux Foundation , the Mozilla Foundation , and comparable open source foundations.

Permitted Uses (Nominative Fair Use)

The User may, without prior written authorisation:

  • make truthful, descriptive reference to CodeFryDev products in documentation (e.g., “compatible with JSON Playground”);
  • represent that a project constitutes “a fork of [product]” provided that official logos are not employed;
  • hyperlink to canonical codefrydev.in URLs; and
  • satisfy MIT licence attribution requirements in source code distributions.

Prohibited Uses

The User may not, absent express written permission:

  • deploy CodeFryDev logos upon websites, application icons, merchandise, or promotional materials;
  • designate a product “CodeFryDev [X]” or adopt nomenclature giving rise to a likelihood of confusion;
  • create the impression of official endorsement, sponsorship, partnership, or agency;
  • register domain names, social media handles, or application marketplace listings incorporating “CodeFryDev” or confusingly similar variants; or
  • alter official logos or employ them in a manner suggesting affiliation with or representation of CodeFryDev.

Forks and Derivative Works

Forks and derivative distributions must employ distinct branding. The maintainer shall modify application nomenclature, iconography, and repository presentation such that reasonable consumers can distinguish official releases from community-maintained variants.

Ordinary Use Versus Major Modifications

Permitted Ordinary Use

The User may utilise CodeFryDev products in their ordinary, intended manner—including browsing hosted tools, engaging with recreational games, executing utilities, and interacting with Digital Properties as architected—without obtaining a separate trade mark licence, subject to compliance with the General Terms and Conditions of Use .

Merely exercising an unmodified product for its intrinsic purpose does not necessitate a trade mark licence and is expressly contemplated by the Service Provider.

Major Modifications and Misrepresentation

Where the User materially modifies CodeFryDev software, assets, or branding—whether through forking, repackaging, rebranding, or substantive functional alteration—and distributes, publishes, or deploys the result in a manner that:

  • retains or imitates official logos, product names, or visual identity;
  • suggests the modified work is official, endorsed, or maintained by CodeFryDev;
  • omits requisite licence and attribution notices; or
  • engenders a likelihood of confusion among reasonable consumers,

such conduct exceeds the bounds of ordinary use and may precipitate enforcement action.

Enforcement

The Service Provider expressly reserves the right to pursue all available legal and equitable remedies against persons who effect major modifications that misappropriate branding, pass off derivative works as official products, or otherwise contravene these Guidelines or applicable law—including injunctive relief, takedown requests, trade mark proceedings, and civil claims for damages.

Open source copyright permission to modify does not grant trade mark rights or immunity from enforcement where modifications create confusion or misrepresentation.

Requests for Permission

Correspondence concerning trade mark authorisation should be directed to codefrydev@gmail.com with the subject line “Trademark Permission Request”.

Effective: 24 May 2026