TRADEMARK.md

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# TeslaMate Trademark Policy

Last updated: September 23, 2026

## 1. Purpose

This policy exists to protect the integrity of TeslaMate and its community. It ensures that users can clearly distinguish the Software and the Project from unofficial, commercial, or potentially deceptive third-party offerings.

It exists alongside the Software’s [license](https://github.com/teslamate-org/teslamate/blob/main/LICENSE) (AGPL-3.0-or-later). The AGPL covers the code; this policy covers the branding. The AGPL is a copyright license and grants no rights under trademark law.

## 2. Definitions and Protected Marks

- **Software**: the TeslaMate application as published by the `teslamate-org` GitHub organization (<https://github.com/teslamate-org>), in particular in <https://github.com/teslamate-org/teslamate>, and everything else the Project publishes under the Marks.
- **Name**: "TeslaMate" in any form and every other name that could be mistaken for it, including, without limitation, any spelling, capitalization, spacing, or hyphenation.
- **Logos**: the TeslaMate logo, every other visual identity element of the Project, wherever published, and every design that could be mistaken for any of them.
- **Marks**: the Name and the Logos, each on its own and in any combination.
- **Project**: the TeslaMate open-source project, represented by the `teslamate-org` GitHub organization and its maintainers.
- **Tool**: anything not published by the Project that is made to work with the Software, including, without limitation, apps, dashboards, integrations, scripts, and services.
- **Commercial**: in the course of trade or serving direct or indirect financial gain, regardless of the gain's amount or purpose and in whatever form it accrues, including, without limitation, sales, subscriptions, advertising, sponsorship, and donations.
- **Non-commercial**: not commercial.

The Marks are owned by the Project. The Name must always be written in CamelCase: TeslaMate (never "Teslamate", "teslamate", "tesla mate", "Tesla-Mate", or any other variation), except in a technical identifier that the Project uses or that Section 4 permits. The Project uses the lowercase form `teslamate` as a technical identifier, including, without limitation, its container image, package, and repository names; `teslamate-org` as its GitHub organization; and `teslamate.org` as its domain.

TeslaMate is an independent project and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Tesla, Inc. "Tesla" and related marks are trademarks of Tesla, Inc.

## 3. Philosophy

TeslaMate is open source and encourages self-hosting.

We want individuals, communities, and non-profits to freely use the Marks for non-commercial purposes as permitted in Section 4.\
At the same time, we reserve the right to control every other use of the Marks, including, without limitation, commercial use and any use that could be mistaken for a use by the Project.

## 4. Permitted Use (No Permission Required)

You may use the Marks without prior written consent only as follows. Each item states all of its conditions and applies only while all of them are met.

- Talking about TeslaMate: talking about, writing about, or demonstrating the Software or the Project truthfully and non-commercially, including, without limitation, in blogs, tutorials, videos, and forum discussions, but not in the name of a product, project, channel, or other offering, nor in the self-description of a Tool or of any other software, product, or service.
- Personal self-hosting: running the Software, modified or unmodified, non-commercially for vehicles used by you or your household, including under the identifiers the Software uses and under a hostname that contains the Name.
- Contributing: keeping a copy of any of the Project's repositories, locally or as a fork on a code hosting platform under the repository's original name, including the Logos it contains, for contributing to the Project or, non-commercially, for modifying it for use under the Personal self-hosting item.
  That copy may be run to develop and test contributions to the Project, but not for vehicles in regular use.
  This item applies only while the copy is presented only as a copy of that repository and publishes no artifacts.
- Tools: a non-commercial Tool that is open-source under an AGPL-compatible license and integrates with the Software only via the supported integration surface (MQTT) may describe in its descriptive text how it works with the Software, including, without limitation, by stating "compatible with TeslaMate", may be named "[own name] for TeslaMate" with an own name that could not be mistaken for the Name,
  may use the corresponding lowercase identifier "[own-name]-for-teslamate" as its technical identifier, and may use the identifiers of that integration surface, including its MQTT topics.
- Disclaimer: reproducing the disclaimer required by Section 6 wherever that section requires it.
- Legal notices: using the Name where, and only as far as, the Software's license or the NOTICE file requires it.

## 5. Prohibited Use (Strictly Forbidden)

Any use of the Marks not expressly permitted in Section 4 requires prior written consent from the Project; this also applies to continuing a use that began before this version of this policy. To prevent exploitation of the Project and its reputation, the following in particular are strictly prohibited without such consent.

- Product and Project Names: You may not use the Name in any designation of anything other than the Software, regardless of license or price and in any form, including, without limitation, in the name, subtitle, or tagline of a product, project, channel, or other offering, and as "TeslaMate [Product]", "[Product] for TeslaMate", or "TeslaMate-[Product]", except as permitted in Section 4.
- Redistribution: You may not provide the Software, modified or unmodified, to others under the Name or with the Logos in any way, including, without limitation, by distributing it or offering it as a network service, except as permitted in Section 4. Versions provided to others must be renamed and must not use the Logos.
- Other Tools: A Tool that does not meet every condition of the Tools item in Section 4 may not use the Marks, except as permitted in Section 4.
- Misleading Affiliation: You may not, by any means, suggest any official relationship with the Project or any official status.
- Using the Name in any commercial designation.
- Marketing any commercial offering of any kind under the Name.
- Registering, applying for, or using any identifier or other sign containing any of the Marks, including, without limitation, any trademark, company name, domain, subdomain, URL path, app identifier, package name, or social media handle, except as permitted in Section 4.
- Producing or distributing merchandise bearing the Marks, including, without limitation, shirts and stickers.
- Deceptive Use: Using the Marks for any deceptive, unlawful, or harmful purpose, including, without limitation, distributing malware, tracking users without consent, or selling a "Pro" version of the Software.

To request consent, open a thread in [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/teslamate-org/teslamate/discussions) describing at least your project, its name, its license, and how it uses the Marks.
Consent is only valid in writing from the Project, applies only to the use described in the request, and may be revoked by the Project at any time.

## 6. Requirements for Third-Party Projects

Every Tool must include a prominent disclaimer wherever it is presented to users, including, without limitation, its README, About section, and store or catalog listing.
This applies regardless of how the Tool integrates; MQTT is the only supported integration surface, and using an unsupported integration path does not exempt a Tool from this requirement.
The disclaimer must be reproduced verbatim; paraphrased or shortened versions do not satisfy this requirement.

"This project is an unofficial community tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by the official TeslaMate project."

## 7. Enforcement

We reserve the right to pursue any legal or platform remedy available against any individual or entity violating this policy.
This includes, without limitation, trademark infringement complaints and takedown requests with app stores, hosting providers, package registries, domain registrars, and social media platforms, including, without limitation, the Apple App Store, Google Play, and GitHub, and copyright takedown notices for the Logos under the DMCA and equivalent procedures.
Failure to enforce this policy in any instance is not a waiver of the right to enforce it in any other.

## 8. Changes

This policy may be updated periodically. Any changes will be documented in this section.

- September 23, 2026:
  - Section 1: the license reference now reads AGPL-3.0-or-later.
  - Section 2: added definitions (Software, Name, Logos, Marks, Project, Tool, Commercial, Non-commercial), the Project's technical identifiers, and the Tesla, Inc. notice.
  - Section 3: the reservation now covers every use not permitted in Section 4.
  - Section 4: rewritten as the exhaustive list of permitted uses: non-commercial references, personal self-hosting, contributing, non-commercial open-source Tools that integrate via MQTT, the required disclaimer, and legal notices.
  - Section 5: every other use requires written consent, with rules for requesting and granting it; added the Redistribution and Other Tools rules; the name and identifier rules now cover every designation, sign, registration, and application.
  - Section 6: every Tool must show the disclaimer wherever it is presented.
  - Section 7: enforcement extends to every legal and platform remedy, with a no-waiver clause.
- February 2, 2026: Initial version.